A poem of love and longing by Parveen Shakir
I rediscovered this exquisite poem by Parveen Shakir after years. This is an intense love poem of rare beauty. It is composite, taut and…
Remembering Parveen Shakir
Naveed Abbas has contributed this beautiful tribute to a great poetess Parveen Shakir who died 16 years ago. Please check her poems and their…
Tere mayaar pe poora na utarne wale
Tere mayaar pe poora na utarne wale Mansab e ishq se mazool nahin ho sakte – Perveen Shakir…
Kuch tu Hawa bhi serd thi
Kuch tu Hawa bhi serd thi, kuch tha tera khayal bhi Dil ku kushi ke saath saath, hota raha malal bhi Baat wu aadhi…
Remembering Parveen Shakir (1952-1994)
Parveen Shakir (1952-1994) has defined the sensibilities of several generations and beyond. At the relatively young age of 42 years, Parveen Shakir died on…
Ominous shadows
Raunaqe bazaar-o- mehfil kam nahin hai aj bhee Saneha is sheher mein koi magar honay ko hai Read here >>…
Petal to Petal..More of Parveen Shakir
Nirmal has been visiting this blog and requesting for more translations of Parveen Shakir. I have found some on the Internet and here they…
The Faustus In Us (translation by Temporal)
Temporal read a translation of Parveen Shakir’s poem on this blog and created another translation. In many ways, this is a more modern version,…
We Are All Dr Faustus – Parveen Shakir
Last month, in the freezing climes of Islamabad, we talked about Parveen Shakir, Pakistan’s popular poet who died at a young age. One of…
On Pakistani Women Poets (and my friend’s predicament)
An email from a Pakistan based writer friend made me recall Parveen Shakir. The poem, Tomato Ketchup, written most probably in the memory of…