Farz Karo

farz karo ham ahl-e-wafaa hoN, farz karo diivaane hoN
farz karo ye donoN baateN jhuuTii hoN afsaane hoN

farz karo ye jii kii biptaa jii se joR (?) sunaayii ho
farz karo abhii aur ho itnii aadhi ham ne chhupaayii ho

farz karo tumheN Khush karne ke dhuuNde ham ne bahaane hoN
farz karo ye nain tumhaare sach-much ke maiKhaane hoN

farz karo ye rog ho jhuuTaa jhuuTii peet hamaarii ho
farz karo is peet ke rog meN saaNs bhii ham pe bhaarii ho

farz karo ye jog-bijog kaa hamne Dhong rachaayaa ho
farz karo bas yahii haqiiqat baaqii sab kuch maayaa ho

-Anonymous

Your love’s a gathered storm I chased across the sky
A moment in your arms became the reason why
And you’re still the only light that fills the emptiness
The only one I need until my dying breath
And I would give you everything just to
Feel your open arms
And I’m not sure I believe anything I feel

And now, now that you’re near
There’s nothing more without you
Without you here

Goo Goo Dolls.

I hurt myself today
to see if I still feel
I focus on the pain
the only thing that’s real
the needle tears a hole
the old familiar sting
try to kill it all away
but I remember everything
what have I become?
my sweetest friend
everyone I know
goes away in the end
and you could have it all
my empire of dirt

I will let you down
I will make you hurt

I wear this crown of thorns
upon my liar’s chair
full of broken thoughts
I cannot repair
beneath the stains of time
the feelings disappear
you are someone else
I am still right here

what have I become?
my sweetest friend
everyone I know
goes away in the end
and you could have it all
my empire of dirt

I will let you down
I will make you hurt

if I could start again
a million miles away
I would keep myself
I would find a way

a BRILLIANT song by Johnny Cash(1932-2003)

check it out on youtube

—————— Ahmed Faraz

• If you’re in a hurry, try to face read the rickshaw wala. For example if he is a greybeard then he would take more time then normal.
• Try to memorize the number plate.
• If he wears a tough guy’s face then bargain the tariff and the route to your destination in advance and closely watch his every move.
• You may also have to keep one thing in mind that these days’ people get robbed in Rickshaws and Taxis. So if the rickshaw wala take some suspicious route interrupt him or stop him.
• Recheck again by mentioning different prominent landmarks around your destination in order to check whether the rickshaw wala knows the place and the route leading to the destination very well.
• Always be cautious when the rickshaw wala try to be nice with you return him with crude looks.
• Always try to ask him whether he got the change or not, before riding the vehicle.
• If the Rickshaw wala gets indulge in the ecstasy of fast driving, keep pinging him with very loud and clear Curts reminding him that he is driving an unbalance 3 wheeled Rickshaw not a plane by the way planes also have 3 wheels.
• If you are in cities like Lahore better get before hand knowledge whether the type of rickshaw (4 strokes or 2 strokes) you are traveling is allowed to the destination.

 On the whole Rickshaw wala’s are a very calm and polite looking creatures but the circumstances and the work environment they are working in can easily turn any sane mind into insane.

A very heart touching  and mystic sufi poetry by great Sufi Saint Bullay Shah.

Sung by Abida Perveen.

“Rabba mere haal da mehram tu”(8)

(You are the only one who understands my feelings)

“Jo Kuchh baab mere dukh darde,  hai kee khabar kise nun”

(No one knows how much pain my sorrows give)“

So yo jane kadar mohammad tanman lagdi jaenoon”

(Only the one who experiences it, understands the pain)“

“Mula Jithay baajh preet lagaee”

(Lord, where u have fixed my living)

“Hoga jis hoorna”

(Things that have to Occur will happen)

“Hasan kheedan yaad na rha piya omer da rona”

(forgot how to laugh and play and sorrow )

“Ander toon hia bahir too hai”

(You are inside me you outside of me)

“Roon roon wich tu “

(you are every bit of me)

“Jis dil ander ishq na rajya”(4)

(The Heart where Love doesn’t find abode)

“Kutta us de changay”

(He is no better than a dog)

“Sawand daykar rakh karday sabir bokhay nangay”

“Jay lakh hood ibadat kariyey bin ishqoon kis karee”

(Thousands Years of Worship without Love renders it useless)

“Jan jaan ishq na saray tanoo taan taan nibhay naa yaree”

(The soul which hasn’t burn in the fire of love, can’t fall in love)

“Dil wich chaa nigah kar wekhan, “

(When I see inside my Heart)

“surat asal sanam dee”

(I always see the picture of true Lord)

“Dilber noo joo kahay muhamad paar kabar is gham dee”

“Tu hai tana tu hai bana”

“Sab kuch mayra tu”

(Your are my every thing)

“Ochee jah dil noo lagaya”

(I fall in love with the ultimate lover, which is my LORD)

“Paree mosibat bharee”

(and this is immensely difficult)

“Yaaran baaj mohammad bakhsha kaun kare damkhari

”(god is kind, my friends are around me who share my grief and sympathise with me)

“Wichoo attish baharoo  khaki”

(fire from within dust from outside)

“Jee aik aah dard jee maran hoda mulak weranee”

(The pain of desire has rendered me alone in the country)

“Khokhafa tay sabzay sarday nade rahay naa pane”

(all seasons, green, snow, river have no value to me)

“Kahe hussain faqir nimmana main nahin sub tu”

(Helpless Hussain can only say All this is your energy, not mine)

So it is writ,

We shall live to see,

The Day that’s been promised,

The Day that’s been ordained,

The Day when mountains of oppression,

Will blow away like wisp of cotton;

When the earth will dance;

Beneath the feet of once enslaved;

And Heaven’ll shake will thunder;

Over the heads of tyrants;

And the idols in the house of Gods;

Will be thrown out;

We, the rejects of earth;

Will be raised to the place of Honor;

All crown’ll be tossed in the air;

All throwns’ll be smashed;

And God’s word will prevail.

He who is both present and absent;

He who’s beheld and is the beholder;

And truth shall ring in every ear;

Truth which is you and I;

We, the people will rule the earth;

Which means you, which means I.

FAIZ AHMED FAIZ

America, Jan 1979

INSHALLAH ….

All of us have some sort of superstitions so do I. I believe if some one travelling by air seated next to an attractive female he got lucky.

After spending 2 whole months in calm yet tense hospitable environs of Quetta. I was there for Government of Balochistan Project. I only got chance of spend only a week to stay in Karachi. I was told to join a ECP Project at Lahore. As soon as i get PNR No, I tried to change my designated seat by a window seat but alas I unable to do so.

As Usual I reached airport 5 minutes early at Jinnah International and while running toward the gate 16 dropped my boarding card twice. Entered the plane and I was smoothly routed toward my seat.

What on Earth GOOD GOD Guess What???? I got lucky double time I got a seat sandwiched between two highly attractive ladies? The girl at my right was dressed in a well fashioned eastern dress and girl at my left was dressed in sleeveless western dress. The usual duration of the flight to Lahore is 90 mins. The girl seating on my right had some problem with her ear phones (she’s got nothing to do).

The girl seating on my left had some strange book in her hand she also give-up reading after 25 mins (she also got nothing to do).

For the whole duration of the flight I tried to brainstorm different options that I have and I galloped the horses of my wit and reasoning till the end of isle of hope. “Dear Passenger please fastens your sear belts we are about to Land at Allama Iqbal International Airport”. Bring me back to reality, “Damn it, times up I cant say a word“.