POETIC DELIGHTS BY PERWAIZ SHAHARYAR-INDIA

1- THE BURNING BOAT

I had burnt my boat

When I crossed the sea

I was then alone

Only my shadow witnessed it

Now, the stink of burning only I can smell

The burnt mark is visible to those

Who have sparks in their eyes

I am carrying the sea and burnt the boat within me

My boat was burning

There on the sands of seashore

Since then with the every tide

Sea attempts to put out the fire and

Wash off my burnt boat

Even for the high tide, it’s not possible to do so

My heart is burning in separation of my beloved

It’s pangs are too intensive

My blanket cannot properly cover my body

To extinguish the fire

The sea is nothing but my vast body

My toes are touching the sea bed

My boat is my heart within – the Sun on the sky

Smokes come out all over in my mind

My hairs turned into ashes grey

By the heat of my burning heart

It seems, my heart can’t meet;

Can’t make reunion with my beloved

Till the sea of my body gets dried out

O, my Lord!

How long I will have to wait

To show you my burning heart

Alas…!

2-THE MIRROR OF TIME

This is the poem of the time

Written on the wall of the human body

Time spares none to carry the five elements all in one

Time works against the nerves of the human brain

Just like friction works against the speed of a train

We have come from the dust

We have to go to the dust

Time is infidel, like a young beloved

We never can trust

Time always shows us mirror

But we become able to see it

When we lost all of our vigors

The mirror looks beautiful in our youth

It becomes futile when we got old-aged

Human life is such a fragile and disgusting

Even a particle of sand,

Lying in the desert is more powerful than us

If you want to overcome on time,

Says sand’s particle to us

Be provident and, don’t get nervous

3-A Melancholic Nightingale

A melancholic nightingale in the summer days

Shines her furry quills of wings and the breast

She has become fed up with her repeated plays

She is craving to sit with her loving pair and rest

The memories of togetherness are aching

How sweetly she was swinging with her pair

Separation is really a rogue and heart breaking

She thinks it is useless to live in a love affair

God has created the world to love each other

Turn this world a beautiful place with your deeds

So, I sing my sweet love songs to reach farther

Alas! My partner could understand my needs

The poet feels he is going through a deficit of love

The poet is as innocent as a nightingale or a dove

AUTHOR:

PERWAIZ SHAHARYAR-INDIA

Dr. Perwaiz Shaharyar is a Consultant Editor (Urdu) in National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), Ministry of Education, Government of India. He had been Principal Publication Officer in National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language in 2007. He has been, a member of Advisory Board of National Book Trust India.

He is a Multilingual (English, Hindi and Urdu) famous poet, short story writer and critic from India. He is Graduate with English Honours from Ranchi University. He has topped Jawaharlal Nehru University in Masters with Literature. He was awarded Doctor of Philosophy for his Research Work from University of Delhi. He is Post Graduate Diploma holder in Calligraphy, Mass Media and in Book Publishing with Specialization in Editing.

Dr. Perwaiz Shaharyar began writing his poems in English since lockdown in the period of Pandemic COVID-19. He has written more than 125 poems, participated in many worldwide webinars and published in various international anthologies, so far. His as many as 30 poems have been translated by many award winning litterateurs in Polish, Indonesian, Arabic, Spanish, German, French, Russian, Bengali, Hindi, Portuguese, Italian, Korean and Albania languages. His poems are being published in several anthologies within country and abroad. He has 20 published books of literature in his credentials, so far. He has won many awards and accolades for his outstanding intellectual and literary contributions. His poem ‘The Burning Boat’ contains mystic (Suffism) and metaphysical elements.