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My Beloved, My Friend! (मिरे हमदम मिरे दोस्त) by Faiz Ahmed Faiz (Original with English translation)


Original below the English Translation:My Beloved, My Friend!Faiz Ahmed FaizIf only I could be certain, my beloved, my friend,If only … More

मिरे हमदम मिरे दोस्त!, Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Friendship, Poem, Poetry

My Last Post Here & Everywhere Else


I cast off my moorings And set sail In silence In silence In silence…

Poem, Poetry

The Such Thing As the Ridiculous Question by Siaara Freeman


Where are you from??? …….. When I say ancestors, let’s be clear:…….. I mean slaves. I’m talkin’ Tennessee…….. cotton & Louisiana suga. I mean … More

African Americans, America, Blacks, Negroes, Poem, Poetry, Siaara Freeman, Slavery, USA

Sam Upanishad


They know notBig Bang, they sayAn unproven theoryWho knows how it beganAnd what was there or notBefore it began. Forms … More

Advaita, Brahman, Change, God, Metaphysics, Nonduality, Ontology, Philosophy, Poem, Poetry, Sam Upanishad, Self, Upanishad, World

A Long Story Short (My Autobiography)


I was born.God knows why. I am living.God knows how. I will die.God knows when.

Autobiography, Life, Poem, Poetry

The Mirage Within a Mirage


This thirst for richesThis thirst for loveThis thirst for powerThis thirst for nameThis thirstThis unquenchable thirstUnslakable it seemsEncountering as one … More

Desire, Longing, Maya, Poem, Poetry, World

What is This ‘I’: The Social Self


This life that we can’t live alone Be we married or not We who need so many others Lest we start … More

Companionship, Loneliness, Poem, Poetry, Social Self, Socializing, Society

Whither Justice


“We deserve all the justices & injustices that happen to us in life.”

Injustice, Justice, Poem, Poetry, Quotations, Quotes

“Agar Paisa hi Sub Kuch Hota…” — Upon Watching “Life in a … Metro”


Lekin pyar bhi sub kuch nahi hota Look at all the lovers in this world Whether married or not Whose … More

Breakup, Divorce, Love, Lovers, Marriage, Poem, Poetry, Unrequited love

O Me, O My


This lifeThese deathsAll around me;This loveThese heartbreaksAll around me;This happinessThese sorrowsAll around me.I learn to ignore -To think, to feelIs … More

Death, Dream, Happiness, Illusion, Life, Love, Poem, Poetry

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