tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314153999433039559.post2753448270356708474..comments2024-03-29T03:03:58.264+05:30Comments on KRG – The Kochi Reading Group: Poetry Session on May 11, 2012KRG Convenorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06767522484671572164noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314153999433039559.post-90781195169322589862012-06-05T12:34:08.537+05:302012-06-05T12:34:08.537+05:30Joe i really like your couplet, succint, simple an...Joe i really like your couplet, succint, simple and soulful<br />PriyaPriyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02202456960603960234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314153999433039559.post-32831440343680271932012-05-15T00:46:22.935+05:302012-05-15T00:46:22.935+05:30Talitha writes – here is my contribution
(1) A cou...Talitha writes – here is my contribution<br />(1) A couplet<br />Sou kos se bay-zaban-e-qalam batein kiya karo<br />Aur hijr (separation) mein vasl (meeting) ke maza liya karo.<br /><br />"The pen can span the hundred miles that keep you far apart,<br />Though voiceless, winging joyous union to the sundered heart." <br /><br />[Literally, from a hundred miles away speak through the tongue of the pen<br />and take delight in the joy of meeting even when you are separated]<br /><br /><br />(2) A one-liner<br />Ghalib wrote this:<br />main koshish karta hoon keh koi aisi baat likhoon jo parhay khoosh ho jaaye<br /><br />[Literally, I want to write such stuff that whoever reads it should enjoy it]<br /><br />"This is my sole desire - to strike a word of fire, <br />A line that will inspire, <br />Delight your eyes - and lift them higher."Talithanoreply@blogger.com