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| If loved-ones met on judgement day that would be very near, But ah! so very far away, tidings of 'Union' are. (Translated in verse by Elsa Kazi) Explanation:(Shumsul Ulama Dr.U.M.Daudpota) Lyrical Genius The genius of Shah is essentially lyrical and it is in his love poetry that mystical thoughts are to be found.The central theme in all stories is the separation of the Lover from the Beloved.The lover's wanderings in quest of the Beloved,and their ultimate re-union,often after their physical death.The pursuit is ceaseless and unending,ever exciting the seeker to greater efforts to achieve that far-off goal: The deserve of the moth for the star, Of the night for the morrow, The devotion to something afar, From the sphere of our sorrow. He says: Let me search and search and not find; Good that I did not meet the beloved! Lest the longing in the heart be quenched by such a nation. and again: Even if the Beloved were to meet on the Rescurrection day, It would be too soon, It is after this that the tidings of union are heard. (Shumsul Ulama Dr.U.M.Daudpota) |
