I Don't Like You

"Oh learn to read what silent love hath writ,

To hear with eyes belongs to love's fine wit"

-William Shakespeare, Sonnet-23

“You read something which you thought only happened to you, and you discover that it happened 100 years ago to Dostoyevsky. This is a very great liberation for the suffering, struggling person, who always thinks that he is alone. This is why art is important. Art would not be important if life were not important, and life is important.”

— James Baldwin, Conversations with James Baldwin

خاک میں ڈھونڈتے ہیں سونا لوگ،

ہم نے سونا سپردِخاک کیا۔

People search for gold on earth whereas I have entrusted my gold to earth.

Anwar Masood’s letter to his departed wife, Sadiqa Anwar.

“Nothing makes a room feel emptier than wanting someone in it.”

— Unknown (via childmagazine)

Chand sharmayega yun na chandni raat mein zulfein savaara kijiye

The moon will blush looking at you, don't play with your hair in this moonlit night.

mere chand ko dekhkar chand bhi sharma gaya

even the moon got shy after looking at my moon

chand mera dil chandni ho tum

moon is my heart and you are it's moonlight

chand se parda kijiye kahin chura na le chehre ka noor

veil from the moon what if it steals the glow of your face

chand si mehbooba ho meri kab aisa maine socha tha

when did i ever thought that my beloved will be like the moon

chanda bhi deewana hai tera

even the moon is crazy about you

— September 7, 1913 / Franz Kafka diaries

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I wrote something.

And made my friend sing it.

And well, here it is.

The lyrics go:

Akhan mila ke akhan us da bana de mainu

Make our eyes meet, and make me hers

Khud nu zameen te te usnu arshan te rakha

I promise i'll be on the ground and keep her in the sky

Usnu meri jaan te usda bana de mainu

Make her my life my soul and make me her's

Nahi kuch karna te likhna sikhade mainu

And if you won't do anything, then just make me a poet

Mannya mai mainu eh mohabbatan da vall ni

I know, i'm not "experienced" and an "expert" in love

Meriyan ibadatan di usnu khabar ni

But she doesn't know or understand my devotion

Sidhi jahi gall e rabba os da bana de mainu

Look, God, I'm telling you, just make me her's.

Nahi kuch karna te likhna sikhade

And if you can't just make me a poet, then.

ਜਾਨਤਾ ਹੂੰ ਆਪਕੋ ਸਹਾਰੇ ਕੀ ਜਰੂਰਤ ਨਹੀਂ,

Jaanta hun aapko sahaare ki zarurat nahi,

I know, that you do not need my support,

ਮੈਂ ਸਿਰਫ ਸਾਥ ਦੇਨੇ ਆਇਆ ਹੂੰ।

Mai sirf saath dene aya hun.

I've come as a companion.