tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2040063946738704893.post-72983062291800049742008-01-02T00:30:00.000-09:002008-01-04T00:56:00.384-09:00<a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_c1ctOPRwuFc/R33ItMmRAnI/AAAAAAAAAE8/Qu9cPzwS0mU/s1600-h/ink.jpg"></a><br /><p align="center">Couldn’t think of a better way of welcoming the New Year on this blog than posting one of my favourite poems…</p><p align="center"><br /></p><p align="center"><em>Sitaron se aage jahan aur bhi hain<br />Abhi ishq ke imtehan aur bhi hain<br />Tahi zindagi se nahin ye fizayen<br />Yahan siakdon karwaan aur bhi hain<br />Khana’at na kar aalam-e-rang-o-bu par<br />Chaman aur bhi aashiyaan aur bhi hain<br />Agar kho gaya ek nasheman to kya ghum<br />Maqmat-e-aah-o-fughaan aur bhi hain<br />Tu shaheen hai parvwaaz hai kaam tera<br />Tere saamne aasmaan aur bhi hain<br />Isi roz-o-shab main ulajh kar na rah ja<br />Ke tere zameen par makaan aur bhi hain<br />Gaye din ke tanha tha main anjuman mein<br />Yahaan ab mere raazdaan aur bhi hain<br /></em><br />Beyond the stars there are worlds more<br />Our quest yet has more tests to pass<br />This existence alone does not matter<br />There are boundless journeys more<br />Do not rest on what you have<br />There are paradises more to explore<br />Why worry if you have lost one abode<br />There are a million addresses to claim<br />You are the falcon, your passion is flight<br />And you have skies more to transcend<br />Lose not yourself in the cycle of days and nights<br />Within your reach are feats even more<br />Gone is the day when I was lonesome in the crowd<br />Today those who resonate my thoughts are more</p><br /><br /><div align="center">Mohammed Iqbal<br />Naujawaan ke Naam, Bal-e-Jibraeel, 1908<br /></div><p align="center"> </p>bhumikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09474692306930275957bhumika.udernani@gmail.com