❝Now that we part, perhaps we'll meet in dreams some night, Just as dried flowers are found in books pressed tight. Seek the pearls of loyalty among the broken and forlorn, These treasures you shall find in the desolate and torn.❞
Ahmad Faraz was a Pakistani Urdu poet known for his romantic ghazals and political poetry. He was awarded the Sitara-e-Imtiaz by Pakistan and the Hilal-e-Imtiaz. His romantic ghazals are among the most sung compositions in South Asian music.
Ghazal is the most refined and enduring form in Urdu-Hindi poetry — a series of independent couplets bound by rhyme and refrain. This collection of works by Mirza Ghalib, Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Mir Taqi Mir, and Bashir Badr suits readers who want to understand the classical tradition, recite verses aloud, or savor a single sher at a time.
❝Listen — no one has seen you better than I have ever done, I have seen you deeper than any mirror under the sun. The colours in your eyes are all meant for me, The pain in your smile is all meant for me.❞
❝The heartless finally understood what life really contains, The heart never found the beloved it craved in its veins. This life is a journey, O Faraz my friend, Whoever we met on the road asked us to pause till the end.❞
❝Don't look at me like that or I'll scatter apart, I'm already broken — I can't break once more in heart. I cannot bear the gaze of your eyes, O Faraz, How much longer can I protect this wounded heart?❞
❝She departed from me, yes she did depart, But from her memory I never could part. There is a wound in my heart that will not heal, I speak her name until the pain I no longer feel.❞