Parveen Shakir Quotes

Parveen Shakir was a Pakistani poet, teacher and a civil servant of the government of Pakistan. She is best known for her poems, which brought a distinctive feminine voice to Urdu literature, and for her consistent use of the rare grammatical feminine gender for the word "lover".Since her death, the "Parveen Shakir Urdu Literature Festival" has been held every year in Islamabad in her memoriam.

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✵ 24. November 1952 – 26. December 1994

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Famous Parveen Shakir Quotes

“When the noisy tide receded
from the shore
the frozen shiny sands suddenly moved
beneath her feer.
The girl standing knee-deep in water
came to herself and mused:
'How familiar is this moment!'”

Sessions of Sweet, Silent Thought: translated by Mirza Nehal Ahmad Baig, Poem no. 16, p. 26
Poetry, Familiarity

“Like the rest of them,
will you also examine the white, crystal today
in the haze and mist of slimy yesterday?
Do what you will
but keep it in mind:
the sun has also been accused
of having necked and cuddled the night.”

Sessions of Sweet, Silent Thought: translated by Mirza Nehal Ahmad Baig, p. 20
Poetry, Keep it in Mind

“A raindrop stuck up in my lashes
and sank in the eye.”

Sessions of Sweet, Silent Thought: translated by Mirza A. B. Baig, p.4
Poetry, Couplet

“Even though the gusts of zephyr
knock till eternity
on the red stone walls
behind the city of flowers,
no change will occur.
Only that they will tire themselves.”

Sessions of Sweet, Silent Thought: translated by Mahmudul Hasani, p.4
Poetry, The Surveillance

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