Ahmed Faraz

Ranjish hii sahii dil hii dukhaane ke liye aa
Aa phir se mujhe chhod ke jaane ke liye aa

Kuchh to mere pindaar-e-muhabbat ka bharam rakh
Tuu bhii tou kabhii mujh ko manaane ke liye aa

Pahale se maraasim na sahii phir bhii kabhii tou
Rasm-o-rahe duniyaa hii niibhaane ke liye aa

Kis kis ko bataayenge judaaii kaa sabab hum 
Tuu mujh se Khafaa hai tou zamaane ke liye aa 

Ab tak dil-e-Khush-faham ko tujh se hain ummiiden 
Ye aaKhirii shammen bhii bujhaane ke liye aa

Ek umr se huun lazzat-e-giriyaa se bhii maharuum

Ay raahat-e-jaan mujh ko rulaane ke liye aa

Maanaa ki muhabbat kaa chhipaanaa hai muhabbat 
Chupake se kisii roz jataane ke liye aa

Jaise tujhe aate hai.n na aane ke bahaane
Aise hii kisii roz na jaane ke liye aa

A Realization

Sometimes you’re too excited with something that you assume nothing can go wrong, but actually you need your senses and rationality at all times or the best can go wrong. So when you’re sure that everything is under control and tend to get careless that’s exactly when everything slips out of control, as a result of which, you panic and try to put things right but in your state of panic and shock every attempt you make not just goes in vain but also ruins the matter further – like I already said you need your senses and rationality at all times. Now that you have ruined everything; sit back, relax, take 10 deep breathes “rafiki” style, summon back your serenity, tell yourself that as far as your intentions are pure, the Almighty will get you out of this mess, BUT you have to be SURE that your intentions are pure and are in the best interest of whoever is involved. Once you’re sure of this, give the matter some time, let the storm pass, wait on the shore, because someone told me once that “you can do anything but you can’t do everything” so not everything is at all times in your control, like Iqbal said

“zaroorat tor deti hai ghoroor-o-be-niazi ko,

na hoti koi majboori tou har banda khuda hota”

(Impuissance breaks men’s pride and vanity, for every man would be God, if there was no weakness in men)

True that! If everything was in everyones control everyone would be God. One is to understand that there are things which are absolutely in God’s control and you need not frustrate yourself on those, rather just believe in the divine power and have patience, give time it’s right and let it play it’s role for time is a very major factor in learning, growing, understanding and letting the teachings sink deep in you. After all what are all these problems about They teach you, help you grow stronger, and simply help you grow and understand the pain of suffering so that you may cherish and value happiness for only dark made men value light, and the cold made men value warmth.

Finally one fact to be kept in the focus of the mind is that nothing stays with you forever except your soul and you knowledge, feed both spiritually and intellectually, respectively; and since nothing else stays be ready always, to let go and expect least, because no one can help you unless you try to help yourself, remember Jesus carried his own cross.

“The last lesson to be learned is to ‘let go’” – Ms.Shehab

I walk alone

“Every human is ultimately on his/her own” for one goes six feet below the earth alone, everyone has ever since the time began and everyone will till the time lasts, irrespective of what position you hold in the world, they all have to go down, and have to go alone.

she sat back and took a deep breath and ponders.. where from here? But it’s so foolish of you to think that, for you have been given access to almost everywhere now, your angel has highlighted all the guidelines that you could have ever ask for, you’ve been shown the most direct way, and unfortunately you are smart enough to walk the rest yourself so you have to take the journey alone, for angels too have their own obligations to fulfill, while “you” weren’t even an obligation and yet this one helped – in fact “help” would be an understatement.

With this thought of departing she feels an urge to flow out an ocean of tears but she braces herself and holds back, shes decided she wouldn’t cry, wouldn’t let out a single tear for she doesn’t want this pain to flow out and dry away, (somebody once told her “Luv without pain is incomplete” and she seconds the thought) she wants this to remain, she wants this to remind her forever that she can’t let herself  fall because her success won’t be hers but it will be a gift for the messiah, the least she could give against what the messiah has given.

She can see a long way ahead and feels herself all ready for the journey, with heaving chest  and receding breath she closes her eyes.

Agay barhon ya mai thum jaon yaheen

Mera mausam guzra ya abhi guzra naheen

Mera badan aadi ho chala hai jalte jalte, ya

Ab is dhoop main wo kadi tapish naheen

Wo rehnumaan jo mujhe rasta dikhla gaya

Janta tha ke is raste main os ka dar naheen

Wo kesa insaan hai ke insaan lage bhi na

Aur wo kehta hai ke wo farishta bhi naheen

Apni talash main phirti rahi buht dar-ba-dar

Jaanti hoon khud ko phir kyun pehchana naheen

Ab rasta tou samne hai mera mere magar

Mere saath rah main mera hum-safar naheen

Kitni be-hisaab hain aadmi ki khwahishaat magar

Sab hi mil jaye ye bhi tou Rabiya mumkin naheen..

- Ms.Shehab

10 Things I Hate About You..

1. I hate the way you can always make me smile even when I'm at the brink of tears, it makes me feel luved..
2. I hate the way you embrace me and make me lose myself to you and melt in your arms, and feel protected like being in a flower bud
3. Hate the way you make me feel B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L even when I know I'm looking ugly
4. Hate your ADORABLE "D" shaped smile that makes the world look more colorful, and the sunlight seems brighter, and the birds sound more rhythmic, and the breeze seems more refreshing
5. Hate your poetry and all the "us" that it expresses, for it makes me crave for the yesterday that we had...
6. Hate how you talk (particularly how you pronounce the alphabet "a") , your accent, your voice, your whispers that still echo in my ears; make me want to kiss you full on the lips
7. Hate the silent whispers that we converse through and know exactly what the other is thinking, makes me feel like sharing my soul with you
8. Hate the way your hands run across my form and make me feel like warm water running through me, and want the magic to stay forever..
9. Hate all the funny/cute/silly/spontaneous expressions you give, that make me forget all the woes of life and live this with you till the time lasts. 
10. Hate the way you express your Luv, and make me fall for you all over again... <3