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Says my lady she loves me most
know that she does so the most
Knows she not I love her most
One thing on my mind: take great care of
her.
Says my lady she’s always anxious for me
I know it well she is crazy for me
She knows not how I feel in love for her
I Know well she doubts how I feel
Says my lady, ‘You’re the one for me.’
But I am aware to fall short of it.
Lo, I’m true in my feelings for her
Oh God let me win her trust
‘Don’t walk away from me’ says she;
She is forlorn without me;
How I feel without her, she knows not
In the darkest hour, she is always there
Says she ‘you’re my destiny’;
I know she’s my fate
Oft I sit and think of telling her all
A sigh, a vacant look:
‘how to tell her’ that
We’re made for
each other
In a full moon night
I perceive two shadows walking
Buried in each other
Remaining all night together
Lost in each other
He’s shivering with passion
She’s shut her eyes,
Her lips like petals wanting some
tenderness
While their hearts pounding high
Oft a night I see ‘em come and go
A feeling I have
‘Is it really me and him?’
‘Or it’s just me?’
A bench they often sit for long
His head calmly resting on her lap
Her fingers softly combing.
He is lost in her love
Centuries, me thought, pass
Then loud bells sound in the air
Ringing all around every where
Was it a reverie? I ask
Is it all but a dream?
Someone then deep in me says
As true love never dies,
As the shadow is always with man
It is really me:
Thinking of him in his arms on a cold
night
Yes, a beautiful moonlit night.
Love is a sensation, an emotion, a blind
faith
It’s sweet until it hurts
It’s bitter when on tongues.
Love means patience, it is never mean:
Full of trust, it is a good feeling
It seems fragile, but is hard rock
Love is the most beautiful of things
Nature has in its stock
It is ugliest when scandalized
Unbearable if materialized
Love happens in a blink of an eye
Right if you hold it, love’s your joy
It is miserable when left loose
It’s natural and not a thing to choose
World or a Stage?
What is this world?
The world is a stage,
Where we appear to make our show
It’s a bed of roses; it’s a bed of thorns,
It can be anyone of this, this depends on us how we act on
The stage to win by either of the two.
World is a beast
That the courageous, the wise, and the capable can tame
Their determination is a goal to pursue
For the nervous, pessimists, careless, and the emotional
It’s a bed of thorns: a beast untamed.
On this stage when the role of happiness is played sadness is
Hidden behind the mask of happiness,
Who succeeds in playing the roles well gets a reward
But the one who fails
Is broken to pieces.
This world never bestows happiness to anyone,
But sadness, and miseries: in plenty.
Happiness is not sold in the market,
Happiness does not grow on trees,
It is in our hearts,
Those who recognize it can
Find their paths but people who lose it
Are dead forever
Buried deep down in miseries and pain
Half Moon
The day consists of two halves
The bright day and the dark night
Under the bright day one struggles
Under the dark night one tries to relax.
The life also consists of two halves
The one to live for oneself
And the other to live for someone else
So as to play one’s part on the stage
The full moon consists of two halves too
It looks bright but is all dark
Sometimes it is part as half
Sometimes it is full or vanishes all.
So I am also like a half of a moon
Rest of my half is all along dark
As full moonlit night comes once a month
I also get bright once in a blue moon
Like full moon, comes once in a month
I also wait to get my heart bright
To make self a full moon
And keep thinking and waiting for my moon.
These are reasons why I am half
But if my half doesn’t come
I will start vanishing as the moon does
And one day I will totally vanish
So I want to have is my half
Together with me whether night or dark
If we two are along we will be
One as one moon we will go along.
The Day
The morning comes with a bright sun
With hope and happiness for today
The day begins with the need to go to work
For future progress and the unseen
tomorrows
The day ends with tiredness but
With a need of someone to share life with
The nights come with darkness all over
With someone along it may be very bright
But still one tries to be comforted
With a hope to get his future goal.
Sweet Dreams
Everyday starts with a new hope,
And passes away after doing hard work
To get one’s livelihood and comfort
So as to pass a decent life and all hopes
Then comes the evening, followed by a dark
night
And one is tired after a long day’s work
Now one wishes to be in someone’s lap
So that someone soothes him all the night
But if one comes and finds no one there
Knowing no one waits with warm welcome
And if there’s no one to give a motherly
kiss
So that tiredness of the hard day is
nowhere
Then one feels to be all alone in the
universe
Searching for some sweet companion
To fulfill his dream and share the nights
To share verses of love
Oh! Here I rang her bell and heard
running steps
I feel someone running down the floor
I find my lovely lady in front of me
I take her in my arms and kiss her over
the steps
We go down in the room and I drop myself
In her lap
I lay
She kisses my hands:
We are out of the world and
Only know two thirsty creatures in love
Suddenly I am out of my day dream
Finding no one around to sooth me
I look around desperately
Searching for someone who is me
Whom I had found, but it was all in
dreams!
Then I pick up a photo of her
I talk to her and kiss her on the lips
And pretend to be near her
This was I pass one more day, waiting for
her.
Suddenly, I wake up and search in the dark
Maybe this was a sweet dream of my lonely
night.
Lonely Night
I watch two shadows shivering with passion
Looked desperate for each other
But were hesitant to an emotional advance
Looking all around me I find no one there
Missing someone who is my companion
Wishing to share with her my feelings
She is away from me, but she wants me
I am alone without the touch of her
Trying to pretend as if she were with me
Suddenly a car honks for someone
And it wakes me from my reverie
Looking around thirstily to find someone.
I’m so isolated waiting for nothing all
alone
Everyone has come alone in this universe
And will go back to the heaves all alone
Knowing one is all alone, I still look for
a soul mate
To share the horrors of hard days and dark
nights
To fulfill lust of love and tame the
emotions.
All Alone and a Cold Night
The night is cold and dark
It’s nearly freezing
All alone on my bike I’m on my way home
All roads are deserted, and no one is
around
It is all dark, no one but you are around
Now there are lights on every side
Still I feel dark with thou as mine
Here I am passing by thy house
With a hope one day you will be mine
May you sit behind me in close touch of
me?
To feel someone to be my own and with me
Let the days and dark nights pass quickly
And you be mine and I’ll be yours, Forever
Yesterday was November, today is December
January follows, then comes February
Followed by March with spring and happy
days
Let us be together and enjoy every part of
the days.
Life &
Love
Life leads you to love,
Love leads you to marriage,
Marriage leads you to children,
Children lead you to more demands,
Demands lead you to more struggle,
Struggle leads you to diversion,
Diversion leads you to misunderstandings,
Misunderstandings lead you to problems,
Problems lead you to dissatisfaction,
Dissatisfaction leads you to hatred,
Hatred leads you to revenge,
Where does it end?
Maybe everything ends
Either at life of love
Because love is the only thing
By which one can survive.
My Favorite Quotes
He who
knows not and knows not that he knows not is a fool, avoid him.
He who
knows and knows not that he knows is asleep, awake him.
He who
knows and knows not that he knows not needs beating, beat him.
But he
who knows and knows that he knows is a wise man, know him.
Happiness
is like a perfume. You cannot give it away without getting a little on
yourself.
There is
no elevator to success; you have to take the stairs.
Everyone
has something to teach.
If you
smile at people, they will almost always smile back.
Treat
everyone you meet the way you want to be treated.
Strive
for excellence, not perfection.
Never
waste an opportunity to tell someone you love them.
Be
forgiving of yourself and others.
Avoid
negative people.
Commit
yourself to constant improvement.
Have a
firm handshake.
Look
people in the eye.
Sing me
a choir, stop blaming others.
Take
responsibility for every area in your life.
I have
learned that most of the things I worry about never happen.
You
can’t hide pieces of broccoli in a glass of milk.
It
doesn’t cost anything to be nice.
Important thing is not what others think of me, but what I think of myself.
Regardless of color and age, we all need about the same amount of love.
Education, Experience and memories are the things no one can take away from
you.
Optimists live longer than pessimists.
I need
to know about life I learned from a cow.
Wake up
in a happy mood.
Don’t
cry over spilled milk.
Grass is
greener on the other side of the fence.
Seize
every opportunity and milk it for all its worth.
It is
better to be seen and not heard.
Never
take any bull from anyone.
Always
let them know who the boss is.
Black
and white always an appropriate fashion statement.
Be there
when people need you.
Don’t
expect life to be fair.
Never
underestimate the power of love.
Don’t be
afraid to die.
I made a
mistake.
Don’t be
afraid to say, I don’t know.
Keep
your promises, no matter what.
Marry
only for Love.
Call
your mother.
Don’t
forget to count your blessings everyday.
And
remember life is easier when you take the bull by the horns…
Viewpoints on Human
Culture
The
entire universe and the worlds beyond are the creation of the Artist; thus,
“Art is long, life is short”. Hence, the only possibility to ooze some
amount of satisfaction from the unlimited bulk of art, I think one should
specialize in one kind of art only. Creation of the Artist, every human is
an artist himself. There are those who indulge themselves in aesthetics;
however, there are still others who contribute to world art in their own
way. Can we ignore the smile of a little child? Is it possible to overlook
the blush on the cheek of a teenager when going through a new world
experience?
True
art, as such, is everlasting; if not, then, it is not true art. It is an
artificial attempt then. One must always struggle to make the world
beautiful by working positively.
Reflecting upon the man-created art, it seems to me that human beings are
reborn with the same faces but different souls. Most of the sculptures and
paintings of people, give me a feeling as if I have seen these people
somewhere, may be because different people are always around me; but I do
feel that somewhere I have met them. Artists who master their craft become
the most famous artists of the world.
Similarly, sagacious politicians use art to become part of the history.
Egyptian, Iranian and Islamic art shows high precision and small-size
sculptures and paintings.
French made large sculptures, big paintings, and woked on human parts to get
their expertise in art acknowledged. They say it is hard to paint or sculpt
a nude body than with cover on. It looks like French rulers used the best
talent in the world, as by keeping artists happy they left their name in
history. Every artist picks up his special interest and paints or sculpts in
one specific genre. Love, war, human suffering, natural beauty, day to day
life, are a few genres artists have always sought great interest in. I would
like to quote what Leonard Bernstein says about art:
"Any great work of art ... revives and readapts time and
space, and the measure of its success is the extent to which it makes you an
inhabitant of that world—the extent to which it invites you in and lets you
breathe its strange, special air."
Drinking helps to make several friends, but at this stage in the world, I
have realized that smoking and drinking bring suffering. I used to drink a
little but completely abandoned it. Now I can feel that my body responds
better, and I am in a better health. Also, it is not creating such a social
problem that now I am losing my friends. I think it was a good decision to
quit drinking. Amber’s aspiration has played a key role; and maybe it was
due to her prayers that I am out of it. One good thing that I learned was to
control my drinking habits which in turn helped me to avoid any suffering
that people generally cause to their loved ones due to drinking. I think
that self control in life is very essential and critical to one’s success in
life:
"You're not drunk if you can lie on the floor without
holding on." Dean Martin
God
has bestowed us with so much beauty in the world that, as Ralf Waldo Emerson
says, we cannot fully appreciate it. The search of beautiful women and
natural sceneries has been my weakness. I always look at these two phenomena
and appreciate how God made these so different yet gravely beautiful. The
more you look, the more you appreciate. I wish I could see all of His
beauty, touch it all, feel it all, and appreciate it all:
“It is not sufficient to see and to know the beauty of a
work. We must feel and be affected by it.” Voltaire
Travel
is always beneficial for your growth. Human beings are never
satisfied with what they have. Therefore they want to see the world and
compare it to their existing situation. Travel can bring happiness or
frustration, based on what you see. For me, it has been an aspiration and
has helped me to thank God that I have been provided with a great
opportunity to have everything that one can dream of. Generally, you find
similar scenes in most of the countries and cities, but it gives you an
opportunity to visit some of the wonders of the world. Seeing the oldest
Quranic Verses, mummy of Cleopatra in the British museum, Apcot center,
where they grow fruits and vegetables in the air, with no soil, you can’t
even imagine it until you see it. Travel gives you an inner satisfaction and
contentment to appreciate what you have, particularly, after seeing
sufferings of people. You pray to God and thank him for his kindness, which
you can generally forget if you do not travel since at you place you take
everything for granted. You think you deserve everything that you have
unless you don’t realize that everything you have is a blessing from God. We
must thank Him for everything and pray for his kindness:
“The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by
reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they
are." Samuel Johnson
Music
is a vibration which moves through your body and relaxes your body and soul.
There is music in everything, in trees, rain, mountains, plains, plants,
animals, and birds. Hear the voices, there is music in them:
"Music is a discipline, and a mistress of order and good
manners, she makes the people milder and gentler, more moral and more
reasonable. " Martin Luther
Generally, we are very selfish in giving anything: be it money, love,
respect, and friendship, etc. Most of our sufferings are due to these
reasons.
On
the contrary, my weakness has been giving. hinged on this is the expectation
that I will be returned in the same way, This surely has created a lot of my
frustration and sufferings all through my life. Henceforward, I had to
change my views about giving and form some limits to it. Now I don’t cross
the borders and don’t expect anything in return and so I feel satisfied:
body and soul. Generally, we are cowards in giving in the name of God. I
need to make more improvements in my characters in this regard:
"Charity begins at home and justice begins next door."
Charles Dickens
Everyone must set goals and dreams, and work to achieve desired results.
While praying Fateha at Allama I. I. Kazi, Vice Chancellor, Sindh
University, I turned back to my past and I was aspired to see that I acted
as an instrument to have Mr. Kazi’s dream come true. He dreamed of building
the University. He started it from scratch, and today his dream has come
true: if you don’t have a dream, you are a star in a galaxy wondering, with
no use to the human race:
"To die, to sleep;
To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub:
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come,
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil..."
William Shakespeare "Hamlet", Act 3 scene 1
Sexual desire and satisfaction is one of the most important factors of life.
This is a pleasure of short devotion but results in strong bonding. It is
very evil at times, and sexual frustration brings humans at their lowest
level.
Women
have been using sex as a tool of fulfilling their desires, as well as
manipulating positive results for their life. Sex: I call it a pivot of
life. Sex means man and woman’s desires; once fulfilled, a power struggle
begins; the center of this is usually money.
Sexual satisfaction creates a healthy atmosphere in a couple’s married life,
and keeps evil deeds out of the home life. Men and women should never let it
go. They should enjoy sex to the optimum as sexual pleasures will bring more
happiness in their relationship. Eastern men and women, due to mental
hindrances and egos, never enjoy sex, and clutter there minds with hatred
and ruin their good times. Sexual satisfaction brings health and open
mindedness and allows one to see the world with a positive perspective:
Sex alleviates tension. Love causes it. Woody Allen
Learning any foreign language is a blessing. One’s own language is very much
hinged with identity. In our country, due to language, so many innocent
killings have occurred. I wish we could still learn each others’ language,
and in particular Urdu Speaking people should accept the fact that Sindhi is
the language of the majority in Sindh. And by learning it, it can put them
in advantageous position. Urdu speaking intelligence and political
leadership is responsible for this chaos, and they forget that cooperation
with the Sindhis will put both these ethnic groups in advantageous position
and they should accept that we have to live together on one soil. Anyone who
has conspired against his own homeland has lost his or her identity.
Let
us pray that these people learn from their mistakes and adjust themselves to
be one nation:
“The language of friendship is not words but meanings.”
Henry David Thoreau
Most
of this world’s problems are because of, or in some way connected to, money.
Most of the wars and killings are either committed due to money or women.
Money, if you have it, use it wisely. And if you don’t have it, try to earn
it by legal means. Money made through illegal means, generally creates
several other sufferings as one day you have to pay for wrong doing. This
kind of money cannot last long; it has more side effects.
Looking at the museums, I am convinced that in the past, present it is, and
in future, money will be power. Human dissatisfaction forces one to have
more and more without realizing that one can’t own it all. Now I see why the
rich want to get richer, as it becomes an obsession to want everything.
Children
are the sublime blessing from God; they give you a purpose of life,
and keep you together. For a strong family, children play an essential role.
Generally, parents don’t get along with their children due to external
forces. It is the duty of the parents to make their children love them and
avoid any confrontations with them. A successful family is the one in which
all the members are partners, and has open communication. Distribution of
wealth, duties and love, should be based on a equal share basis to avoid any
inclination of discrimination:
“Happiness
is an imaginary condition, formerly attributed by the living to the dead,
now usually attributed by adults to children, and by children to adults."
Thomas Szasz
The
statue of love: She had an average,
bulky figure; bulge in her stomach, flashy hips, average sized breasts, but
still the best sculpture in the world. The message of love is enormous:
"A thing of beauty is a joy forever: Its loveliness
increases; it will never pass into nothingness." John Keats
Marriage
is a must for a healthy life. It puts one’s life on the right track
and gives a purpose for it. Most marriages are not successful due to
compatibility problems. This is the reason that man remarries many times.
For a successful marriage, children play a key role. In my view, there
should be at least five to ten years of age in difference between a man and
a woman.
One
should select fairly good looks in his wife, and the marriage should not be
based on a give and take deal. Marriage should be for companionship and
making a family and should not be a trade contract. Most marriages out of
color, religion, and culture fail; therefore, a matching partner should be
selected. Parents consent must be looked for in a marriage, but be kept away
afterwards. Generally, a man gets squeezed in between his family, parents,
and relatives. A sensible woman gives a fair chance to a man to balance the
two ends. Similarly, man should try to give enough liberty to his wife to
have relationships with her family. Most of our problems occur due to both
parties, not realizing that one has spent twenty to twenty-five years of
their life at one place and can’t just give up everything over night. With
patience it is proved that eventually everyone gets busy in their own life,
and everyone’s own family becomes the most important force:
“You don't marry someone you can live with, you marry the
person who you cannot live without.” Anonymous
Try
to smile, as happiness brings happiness and cowardice brings misery and
suffering. Sadness makes your face and body weak, and reduces your life.
Happy people have always lived a good life, and have died without suffering:
"The fool is looking for happiness far away. The wise man
makes it grow under his feet." James Oppenheim
Love
is the basis of life. One who does not love someone or is not loved
by someone is not a complete human being. Love makes you feel life and not
just do the math for it. Most of a person’s aspirations and feelings are
consciously realized when one is in love. You can be in love with your
fellow humans, art, religion, and money, etc. They say that self–love is
what love in real is. But in my view, you don’t know the language of love
until you love someone, or are being loved by someone. The language of love
is fully intelligible since the first day of history. I have seen signs of
hearts engraved on the brick stones, studded in the oldest buildings
preserved in museums. I have seen love birds in a garden with love in there
eyes. Artists have created so many sculptures; most of them have the touch
of love:
"At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet". Plato
Friendship is one of the most precious gifts you can get in life, but its
is very hard to find with true essence. Generally, you have bilateral
relationships based on mutual interests and surroundings. One can try to
find friendship within their own family. I am one lucky person that my wife
an inspirational character and even with several disagreements, is my best
friend. I have nothing in secret from her. My biggest regret in life is that
there are very few people whom I can call my friends:
Think where man's glory most begins and ends,
And say my glory was I had such friends. William Butler Yeats
Looking at foreign countries it is very essential to be a nationalist
towards your own country. The countries that have kept their pride above
their personal agendas have left landmarks in history. Great Britain for
example is still a strong country, even though the United States of America
has economically overshadowed it. It is time to be an ally with the United
States to develop your own countries by not selling out yourself completely.
The traitors who are joining foreign countries to weaken their own country
should be eliminated. National pride and individuality must be maintained
while being allies to the United States of America. |