Tony Hoagland, From “Peaceful Transition”, What Narcissism Means To Me

Could be worse.

سب رُتیں آ کر چلی جاتی ہیں

موسمِ غم بھی تو ہجرت کرتا

۔ پروین شاکر

sab rutai'n aa kar chali jaati hain

mausam e gham bhi to hijrat karta !

(via @qalbtalk)

My head is a hive of words that won't settle.

- Virginia Woolf

तुम को देखा तो ये ख़याल आया

ज़िंदगी धूप तुम घना साया

आज फिर दिल ने इक तमन्ना की

आज फिर दिल को हम ने समझाया

तुम चले जाओगे तो सोचेंगे

हम ने क्या खोया हम ने क्या पाया

हम जिसे गुनगुना नहीं सकते

वक़्त ने ऐसा गीत क्यूँ गाया

- Javed Akhtar

being a self-taught artist with no formal training is having done art seriously since you were a young teenager and only finding out that you’re supposed to do warm up sketches every time you’re about to work on serious art when you’re fuckin twenty-five

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.

Ibn Umar رضي الله عنه said:

“Taqwa” is when you don’t see yourself better than anyone.”

(تفسير البغوي ٦٠/١)