poetry
Rivers of Birmingham
(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
Read the First Alphabet and be Free!
By Bulleh Shah Translated by Muzaffar A. Ghaffaar Read the first alphabet and be free The first alphabet became two bodies, then four Then became thousands, lakhs, a crore From there became countless more The unique alphabet's dot a lone pedigree Read the first alphabet and be free Cartloads of books why have you read…Read more Read the First Alphabet and be Free!
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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