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Whatever I thought was a verse

Ishtihaar Calendar

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A dialogue from the popular film ‘Dead Poets Society’ reminds us “Medicine, law, engineering… are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life, but poetry, beauty, romance, love… these are what we stay alive for…”  Indeed, poetry and beauty is what we live for; poetry is what inspires generations to voice their aspirations. So here is something to cheer us up in corona times.

‘Verses from the Valley’ is our tribute to the revered poets from Kashmir and their celebrated poetry. Ishtihaar Calendar for 2022 is a small collection of select verses by mystics, sufi saints, social reformers and poets of this incredibly beautiful place, rightly called Firdaus or Paradise. 

फैज़ अहमद फैज़

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वो लोग बहुत ख़ुश-क़िस्मत थे
जो इश्क़ को काम समझते थे
या काम से आशिक़ी करते थे

हम जीते-जी मसरूफ़ रहे
कुछ इश्क़ किया कुछ काम किया

काम इश्क़ के आड़े आता रहा
और इश्क़ से काम उलझता रहा
फिर आख़िर तंग आ कर हम ने
दोनों को अधूरा छोड़ दिया

फैज़ अहमद फैज़ (1911-1984)

How fortunate were those, for whom work was their love
A conflict between heart and mind, between reason and emotion