The Eternal Battle
ستیزہ کار رہا ہے ازل سے تا امروز
چراغ مصطفوی سے شرار بو لہبی
-اقبال
چراغ مصطفوی سے شرار بو لہبی
-اقبال
Since eternity till this day, the battle goes on
Between the charaaGh of Mustafa and
the sharaar of Abu Lahab
Company - Ba-gul Nashistan
Company or more specifically suhbah is a phenomenon whose effects are difficult to describe. There is this teacher of mine who always says that 'environment is silent speech' and I always used to think how right he was... The effects and impacts are so subtle that one does not even notice how one gets transformed without noticing it ever. There are few verses by Shaykh Sa'adi (rahimahullah) that I came across in a book called, Bayt ki haqeeqat . I am compelled to write them on my blog. The poetry is extremely beautiful and rhythmic. Someone who has ever experienced such company would testify to the truth contained in the verses of this hikaayat . Gili khushbooi dar hamaam roozi Raseed az dast-e-mahboobi ba-dastam Be-oo guftam keh mushki ya 'abeeri Keh az boo-e dil-aaweez e tu mastam Be-oo gufta, man gil-e naacheez boodam Wa-leekin muddati ba-gul nashistam Jamaal-e hum-nasheen dar man asar kard Wa gar na man hamaan khaakam keh hastam [One day in a hamaam* , I g...
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is it a urdu sher or Persian ?
I have added a rough translation.
"uljhay huay he~ gardish-e dauraa~ me~ aaj kal..."