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Rumi, Faiz, Usman and Hussain.
   God created pain and sorrow that happiness might show itself by contrast. For hidden things are made manifest by means of their opposites; since God has no opposite, He is hidden.--Rumi.
   It seems that everything and everyone around me is getting intellectually stimulated. First it was Usman who went on a shopping spree today and bought every book on rumi he could find in Dolmen mall and provoked this post and then it was Hussain's. He left this amazing cd on my PC about Faiz titled 'Faiz-Ajj kay Naam.' Its a venture by Technopak Media Creations, a venture of singapore based Pakistanis with a strong desire to preserve, and bring to an international audience, the rich and varied heritage of the sub continent.
   The CD itself contains sections on the great poet encompassing his short biography and renditions, recollections and a selection of his literary works. There are also a few interviews from renowned critics. A website has also been setup to complement the CD. All in all its a must have for all the die hard fans of arts. Although i consider a humble servent in this case but this CD is sure to make into my collection.
   We for whom prayer is a custom forgotten,
We who except for love's flame
Know neither idol nor god--
Come, let us too lift our hands,
Make our petition that life, our loved mistress,
Smooth today's venom with sweets of tomorrow--
Lighten on them that lack strength for its burden
Time, and the nights and the days--
Brighten with lamps in their darkness those eyes
Dawn's rosy face cannot touch!
May there be shown to those feet that no
Pathway have aided, some road--
May there be given to deceit's slavish votaries
Will to deny and to seek--
Courage to men whose heads tyranny's
Sword hovers over, to fend to fend off the murderous
hands!
Love's hidden mystery-- man's fevered soul:
today let us
Make a new covenant with it, its fever be slaked;
Truth's potent word, that keeps pricking the
heart like a thorn,
Make it our own, and the throbbing pain bring to
an end.--Faiz Ahmed Faiz.

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