Thread of my most favourite poems in Panjabi / Hindi / Urdu and English https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🥰" title="Smiling face with 3 hearts" aria-label="Emoji: Smiling face with 3 hearts">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken">
It’s really difficult to choose a favourite poem by Batalvi but here is Ishtehaar which you may know as Ik Kudi. You can listen to the poem in Shiv’s own voice here- https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qyzQdeX7SW0
(Shiv’s">https://m.youtube.com/watch... voice will take you elsewhere I promise) https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌹" title="Rose" aria-label="Emoji: Rose">
full poem: https://www.punjabi-kavita.com/IshtiharShivKumarBatalvi.php">https://www.punjabi-kavita.com/IshtiharS...
Kudian Kes Vahundiyan - Harmanjeet.
Harmanjeet is a current amazing Panjabi poet and lyricist do search his work if you’re interested in Panjabi poetry. You can also listen to this poem sung in the voice of Manpreet- https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iTVwpJgIzro">https://m.youtube.com/watch... https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken">
Heer - Waris Shah. Waris Shah choose to write this epic love saga in Panjabi I think that tells you everything about the beauty of Panjabi language. Jasbir Jassi’s version is one my favourites - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pGUH7QyFREk">https://m.youtube.com/watch... and Gurdas Maan’s from Waris Shah https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gpoJLJEB8WM">https://m.youtube.com/watch... https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="♥️" title="Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Herz">
Yaad - Kailash Puri https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="♥️" title="Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Herz">
Ranjha Ranjha Kardi Ni Mein Aape Ranjha Hoi - Baba Bulleh Shah.
Here is Noor Jehan Ji singing for the film Murad Baloch (1968)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TT-FpwBH0gA
His">https://m.youtube.com/watch... poetry is truly immoral. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="♥️" title="Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Herz">
You can read more of his work here- #Kafi0129">https://www.punjabi-kavita.com/KafianBabaBullheShahB.php #Kafi0129">https://www.punjabi-kavita.com/KafianBab...
If you would like to read more Punjabi poetry here are some resources.
1. https://www.punjabi-kavita.com/PunjabiPoetry.php
2.">https://www.punjabi-kavita.com/PunjabiPo... http://apnaorg.com/books/g-booklist-5-new.shtml
A">https://apnaorg.com/books/g-b... lot of music is also directly taken or inspired from Panjabi poetry Coke Studio Pakistan have done some great examples that you can search on YouTube.https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken">
Kabhi kabhi mere dil mein - Sahir Ludhianvi. I don’t know what it is about this poem but it always brings tears.
Here is a video of Sahir reciting the poem. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HQeXB8sm_5Q
Kabhi">https://m.youtube.com/watch... Kabhi as a beautiful song with slightly changed lyrics- https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pdXZJ6dsaW4">https://m.youtube.com/watch... https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="♥️" title="Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Herz">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌹" title="Rose" aria-label="Emoji: Rose">
Ranjish Hi Sahi - Ahmed Faraz. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🥀" title="Verwelkte Blume" aria-label="Emoji: Verwelkte Blume">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken">
This ghazal has been beautifully sung by Mehdi Hassan - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=p8jP7EtrcwI
and">https://m.youtube.com/watch... recently by @alisethimusic - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pba_YmWDAIU">https://m.youtube.com/watch... https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="♥️" title="Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Herz">
Ranjish Hi Sahi - Ahmed Faraz. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable=https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken">This ghazal has been beautifully sung by Mehdi Hassan - https://m.youtube.com/watch... recently by @alisethimusic - https://m.youtube.com/watch... https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="♥️" title="Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Herz">" title="Ranjish Hi Sahi - Ahmed Faraz. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🥀" title="Verwelkte Blume" aria-label="Emoji: Verwelkte Blume">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken">This ghazal has been beautifully sung by Mehdi Hassan - https://m.youtube.com/watch... recently by @alisethimusic - https://m.youtube.com/watch... https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="♥️" title="Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Herz">" class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>
Ghalib is sab ka baap when it comes to Urdu poetry. The way that Ghalib wrote with such simplicity yet with depth is perhaps why he remains so loved till date. Here is one of my favourite poems Dil-e-Nadaan. Sung beautifully by Jagjit Singh - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bfqt4EAwT-s">https://m.youtube.com/watch...
Ek Lafz-e-Mohabbat - Jigar Moradabadi
“Yeh Ishq Nahi Aasan, Itna Samajh Leeje... Ek Aag Ka Darya Hai, Aur Doob Ke jaana Hai” was the epic lines in this poem by Moradabadi https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔥" title="Feuer" aria-label="Emoji: Feuer">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken">
In aankhon ki masti - Shahryar. Do I even need to say anything. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😩" title="Mattes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Mattes Gesicht">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="♥️" title="Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Herz">
A beautiful poem, sung by Asha Ji in one of my favourite films - Umrao Jaan : https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cXdJJvpgTvw">https://m.youtube.com/watch... https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌹" title="Rose" aria-label="Emoji: Rose">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken">
In aankhon ki masti - Shahryar. Do I even need to say anything. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable=https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="♥️" title="Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Herz">A beautiful poem, sung by Asha Ji in one of my favourite films - Umrao Jaan : https://m.youtube.com/watch... https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌹" title="Rose" aria-label="Emoji: Rose">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken">" title="In aankhon ki masti - Shahryar. Do I even need to say anything. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😩" title="Mattes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Mattes Gesicht">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="♥️" title="Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Herz">A beautiful poem, sung by Asha Ji in one of my favourite films - Umrao Jaan : https://m.youtube.com/watch... https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌹" title="Rose" aria-label="Emoji: Rose">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken">" class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>
dil ko bahlane ki tadbir to hai
tu nahin hai teri taswir to hai
—Shakeel Badayuni https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="♥️" title="Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Herz">
Mujh se pheli si mohabbat. This poem. Just everything. Every single word of it. Written by Faiz Ahmed Faiz.
You can hear it sung by Noor Jehan Ji - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eQ0wP8cln0c">https://m.youtube.com/watch... / recited beautifully by Zohra Segal Ji - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=B6SSbjcGWOg">https://m.youtube.com/watch... https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="♥️" title="Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Herz">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="♥️" title="Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Herz">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="♥️" title="Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Herz">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="♥️" title="Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Herz">
Mujh se pheli si mohabbat. This poem. Just everything. Every single word of it. Written by Faiz Ahmed Faiz.You can hear it sung by Noor Jehan Ji -  https://m.youtube.com/watch... / recited beautifully by Zohra Segal Ji -  https://m.youtube.com/watch... https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable=https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="♥️" title="Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Herz">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="♥️" title="Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Herz">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="♥️" title="Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Herz">" title="Mujh se pheli si mohabbat. This poem. Just everything. Every single word of it. Written by Faiz Ahmed Faiz.You can hear it sung by Noor Jehan Ji - https://m.youtube.com/watch... / recited beautifully by Zohra Segal Ji - https://m.youtube.com/watch... https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="♥️" title="Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Herz">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="♥️" title="Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Herz">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="♥️" title="Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Herz">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="♥️" title="Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Herz">" class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>
Kuch to hava bhi sard thhi — Parveen Shakir. Such an incredible female Urdu poet, that went too soon. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😪" title="Verschlafenes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Verschlafenes Gesicht">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="♥️" title="Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Herz">
Khayal Jis ka ta — Muneer Niyazi https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="♥️" title="Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Herz">
yeh hum gunahgar aurtain hai
jo ahl-e-jubba ki tamkanat se na roab khaen
na jaan bechen
na sar jhukaen na haath joden. (End lines) — Kishwar Naheed https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔥" title="Feuer" aria-label="Emoji: Feuer">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken">
Here are the books I have for Urdu poetry. Also @Rekhta has a huge resource online of poetry!!! Do check them out https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🥰" title="Smiling face with 3 hearts" aria-label="Emoji: Smiling face with 3 hearts">
Search for my tongue - Sujata Bhatt.
I love how Sujata has used the actual Gujarati script in this poem while describing how her tongue is getting lost. A beautiful poem. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="♥️" title="Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Herz">
Layla poem written by @zeinabeck
Such a deep poem, that really made me think. Thank you for your amazing poetry https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="♥️" title="Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Herz">
“I speak three languages, write in two, dream in one...” — Kamala Das https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="♥️" title="Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Herz">
“Exile begins where rivers end” - Of the Punjab poem written by @fmohyu ( btw his collection the displaced children of displaced children is AMAZING) https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="♥️" title="Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Herz">
I rise - Maya Angelou https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔥" title="Feuer" aria-label="Emoji: Feuer">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔥" title="Feuer" aria-label="Emoji: Feuer">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔥" title="Feuer" aria-label="Emoji: Feuer">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔥" title="Feuer" aria-label="Emoji: Feuer">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔥" title="Feuer" aria-label="Emoji: Feuer">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔥" title="Feuer" aria-label="Emoji: Feuer"> (one of the best poems ever)
I rise - Maya Angelou https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable=https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔥" title="Feuer" aria-label="Emoji: Feuer">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔥" title="Feuer" aria-label="Emoji: Feuer">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔥" title="Feuer" aria-label="Emoji: Feuer">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔥" title="Feuer" aria-label="Emoji: Feuer">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔥" title="Feuer" aria-label="Emoji: Feuer"> (one of the best poems ever)" title="I rise - Maya Angelou https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔥" title="Feuer" aria-label="Emoji: Feuer">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔥" title="Feuer" aria-label="Emoji: Feuer">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔥" title="Feuer" aria-label="Emoji: Feuer">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔥" title="Feuer" aria-label="Emoji: Feuer">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔥" title="Feuer" aria-label="Emoji: Feuer">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔥" title="Feuer" aria-label="Emoji: Feuer"> (one of the best poems ever)" class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>
“how much history is enough history...” - What seems like joy poem written by the incredible @KavehAkbar https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🥰" title="Smiling face with 3 hearts" aria-label="Emoji: Smiling face with 3 hearts">
Like a virgin - @NafeesaHamid https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✊🏽" title="Erhobene Faust (mittlerer Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Erhobene Faust (mittlerer Hautton)">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙌🏾" title="Raising hands (durchschnittlich dunkler Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Raising hands (durchschnittlich dunkler Hautton)">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="♥️" title="Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Herz">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken">
Like a virgin -  @NafeesaHamid https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable=https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙌🏾" title="Raising hands (durchschnittlich dunkler Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Raising hands (durchschnittlich dunkler Hautton)">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="♥️" title="Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Herz">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken">" title="Like a virgin - @NafeesaHamid https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✊🏽" title="Erhobene Faust (mittlerer Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Erhobene Faust (mittlerer Hautton)">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙌🏾" title="Raising hands (durchschnittlich dunkler Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Raising hands (durchschnittlich dunkler Hautton)">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="♥️" title="Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Herz">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken">" class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>
The daughters — @arshi_mona https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🥰" title="Smiling face with 3 hearts" aria-label="Emoji: Smiling face with 3 hearts">
The Sari - Moniza Alvi. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌹" title="Rose" aria-label="Emoji: Rose">
Just a few lines but I love this poem by @shaguftakiqbal ! Perhaps it’s my love for being a fellow Panjab https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="♥️" title="Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Herz">
For women who are difficult to love by Warsan Shire. Love, love this poem. Warsan puts everything many of us women feel perfectly into poetry. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="♥️" title="Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Herz">
The lonely poet - Kahlil Gibran https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="♥️" title="Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Herz">
Mahmoud Darwish https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="♥️" title="Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Herz">
Even the rain - Agha Shahid Ali. All of Shahid’s poems are beautiful and it was him that brought the ghazal into English poetry! https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="♥️" title="Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Herz">
This Panjabi poem by Ustad Daman. I’m extremely proud of my Panjabi language and I do hope to make people more aware of how beautiful Panjabi is. And I can never leave it as it is my mother like how Ustad Daman says https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="♥️" title="Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Herz"> #loveyourmothertongue #maboli
Hamesha Dair Kar Deta Hoon Main
Har Kaam Karnay May
Zaroori Baat Kehne Ho
Koi Wada Nibhana Ho
Usay Aawaz Deni Ho
Usay Wapis Bulana Ho
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— Munir Niazi Ji https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💫" title="Symbol für Benommenheit" aria-label="Emoji: Symbol für Benommenheit"> (do listen and watch Niazi Ji reciting) https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="♥️" title="Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Herz">
#thispoem #thefeels
I seem to have loved you
in numberless forms,
numberless times
In life after life, in
age after age — Rabindranath Tagore https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="♥️" title="Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Herz">
Or maybe broken is the way we love.
As if meeting someone else, one soul searches the other for openings - a way to enter.
Even God’s limbs had to be torn
before the world could sing him.
— Kei Miller
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