(Halal nasheed version of 'Rivers of Babylon') By Paul Salahuddin Armstrong By the rivers of Birmingham, there we sat down Ye-ah we wept, when we remembered Mirpur By the rivers of Birmingham, there we sat down Ye-ah we wept, when we remembered Mirpur When the wicked Carried us away in capitalism Required from us nasheeds…Read more Rivers of Birmingham
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In Flanders Fields
By Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD (1872-1918) (Canadian Army) In Flanders Fields the poppies blow Between the crosses row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,…Read more In Flanders Fields
Every Moment Love’s A New Surge Of Spring
By Bulleh Shah Every moment love's a new surge of spring The lesson of love-rapture when first I read The mosque my heart began to dread Into the Thakur's abode I fled Where a thousand conches sing Every moment love's a new surge of spring When the ways of love-rapture I gained Differences of me…Read more Every Moment Love’s A New Surge Of Spring
Untold Stories : Holocaust Memorial Day 2011
It's Going to Rain Valdemar Kalinin It’s about to rain, getting darker, The leaves have long fallen from the trees, Leaving desolation where just an old man Roams, Picking handfuls of earth where Roma Perished. During this war Nazis shot them dead, Roma seized and put in wagons, oh Filled with children and the Roma…Read more Untold Stories : Holocaust Memorial Day 2011
The Astonishing Light of Your Being
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If, by Rudyard Kipling
If, by Rudyard Kipling
Paul Salahuddin Armstrong 