Haat---salim farooqi

afshin was  preparing  for  her  exams,  but the  house  was  full  of  wedding  preparation,, who  was getting married , of  course  afshin herself,
to  sajad, engaged  for  three  years, one  day  phoophi  aunt  arrived  as  afshin finished  her  breakfast,  her  exams  had  started, she  was  praying  to  get  good  marks  to  get  quick  addmission in medical  college

Danish--page 98

it  is  said  once  a  man caught  a  qamri  fakhta-dove  , the  bird  asked  what  he  intented  doing  with it, the  man  said  he  would  kill it  to  eat  its  meat


the  bird  said  its  meat  was  not  enough for  him, instead  the  qamri  would  give  him three  pieces of wise   advices that  woul  all his  life  help  him


agreed  the  man  and  re;eased  the  qamri 
the  first  advice  is  never  feel  sorry  what  you  lost


second  advice  the  bird  gave  sitting  on a  branch  of  a  tree -be  reasonable  and  practical  differentiating between the  possible  and  impossible


then it  was  about  to  fly  away 
the  man said  what  was  the  third  advice as  they  had  bargained


the  bird  said  if  he  had  killed  it  there  were  two  huge  precious  rare  pearls  in its  stomach he  could  have  sold  each one  weighing twenty  mishqal

yje  man  felt  a  sense  of  utter  loss
but nevertheless he  asked  the  bird  to  impart  with the  third  advice

qamri  said-it  is  unreasonable  , practically  her  own weight including  her  meat  wings  and  all  entire  body  weight was less than twenty  mishqal  so  it  could  not have    contained  more  than her  own weight  two  gems

page 79

the  class  teacher  to  the  class --the  headmaster  is  coming, he  would  ask questions  , looking at  ahmed--  if  he  asks  who  made  you  say  the  almighty  creator  did
then to  rashid  he  said if  he  asks  what  class you are  in say  you  are  in the  third  standard
the  head master arrived  shortly and  asked  the  class in genearal who  made  them
rashid  volunteered  -he  has  gone  to  washroom whom the  creator  made  and  he  himself  was  a  student  of  third  standard

kashkol--anwar siddiqui

after  farhin"s  return from liyaqat hasin"s heart  the  fears  of  loneliness  were  removed,it  was  not  wrong,  through  farhin liyaqat  got  all  information of  home,mother  prayed  all the  time  for  their  well being,

page 41

he    gruffly  said  his name  was  goli--the  bullet  that  can kill, carelessly  he  also  said  farhana  was  not  there  , it  was  not  gulistan jauhar  area  cottage  he  thought, goli  was  trying  very  hard  to  frighten him, something  soft  flickered  in goli's  eyes  before  he  again looked  his  cruel  self

page 37--majid amjed

scented  sweetly  lazy  times
when will  they  come  such  times

the  beautiful times  echoing in mind
unseen to  world  lovely  times

Fallen from your  eyes
  a  moment  of  ageless  times

Pass  through my  life  some times
unknown times  held  in  your  eyes

That  life  begins  now
when waves  hit  tides  of  times

i  am  your  partner  in secrets with you
stringed  like  a  tasbih  beads to  you

page ---37 aisha haq

I  think  with my  eyes
See  throu  my  pores


whatever  my  inner  feelings
i  know  the  best


strange  broken shattered  repairing
killing  me  inside  slowly

all  night  awake  in sleep
Drowsing  in wakefulness

Frightful  of  self  so
Running  away  from  me myself


he  who  belongs  not  to  me  is  mine
My  life  sacrificed  for him alone

Hopeless  as  i  am
Trying  to  teach  my  heart

Blinded  though  heart  is
mind  watchful  sees  it