An excerpt from my “Essay on Poetic Pursuits”
Poetic prose of Sufis is more expressive than well written ghazal of a master Poet. It’s the “Self” which Sufis explore instead of the “Other Self” which Poets explore. I believe that the “Self” in what ever incarnation is beautiful provided its seen with an eye of a passion. The passion to see through the “Self” and see the “Eternity” is what every Sufi had in his pursuits of seeking the “Truth”. What Poets are up to is a simple walk to the clouds shadowing a similar “Truth” radiating through the eyes of his beloved. I wonder if a Poet or a Romanticist loves his beloved or loves the shadow he sees in those clouds of her own!
Compare the following two
Ibn-al-Farid said:
“I was sent from myself as a messenger to myself
And my essence testified to myself by my signs.”
Imam Jaffer Sadiq said:
“In the death of the self lies the life of the heart.”
The poetry that is inspired by your eyes my beloved is somewhat similar to my seeking of truth. I eulogise you because I love your Creator. I love the very concept with which you were made. Tell me if you love my love for you or you die for my love to see through you. Oh my beloved! how do I tell you that the beauty you possess is sent for me to know and appreciate the scheme of things ranging from the glow of love to fire of passions with my eyes lowered!
poetry is just the game of words...the verses can be either ishq-e majazi or ishq-e haqiqi :)
As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters. -- Seneca
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Originally posted by Gemini the Great:
**poetry is just the game of words...the verses can be either ishq-e majazi or ishq-e haqiqi :)
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Poetry is not a game of words my dear. Its the feeling well observed by one's soul which makes word flow like rivers do making that magical whispers which only hearts can hear. Ishq-e-majaz wud take you downstream and Ishq-e-Haqeeqi is the ocean, bottomless and endless.....Follow the flow and merge with the eternity...do u get me?
Though i havent studied much of the sufi poetry but i feel i should and i beleive its purely a different entity from the regular poetry which either have ishqe majazi or fikre zamana … your excerpt just made me having this feeling that you must be a good observer and a very good writer too…do you write regularly?? and if not then why not?
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i think you have guts to be a writer perfectionist ji
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Originally posted by kashish:
*Though i havent studied much of the sufi poetry but i feel i should and i beleive its purely a different entity from the regular poetry which either have ishqe majazi or fikre zamana .... *
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The first step in this affair (Sufism) is the breaking of ink-pots and tearing up of books and forgetting of all kinds of knowledge.
I was amazed to read one of Shah Abdul Latif's following verse:
'Hee gaadiha wikn'ee kan ke biya gineej
tinheen saan sun'eej pree'an sandee galihiree'
Translation:
' Go and sell these (ordinary) ears that you have and buy those ones through which you can hear His message'
The entire essence of Islam is to submit to His Will. Love in what ever form also requires submission. Where love starts asserting, it negates it self and cuts its own throat. Ever wonder why dancing dervishes swirled?!
They did to forget their 'Self' and to hear the message through the whispers of their swirls. Here comes Shah's wisdom again to ilustrate it:
'Jaan jaan paseen paa'n khe, taan taan naa'h Sujood
Winja'e saro Wujood, tihan po takbeer chau'
Translation:
' Till you perceive yourself, there is no Sajda as such. You have got to forget YOUR existence before you say takbeer for your prayers'