MANZAR HUSSAIN AKHTAR

 

 

Who Knows!

 

When her eyes sent their own goblet of scent to me

I was on the verge of belief

And was doing my own circumambulation

 

The shadow, That had the nature of a mirror in its colors

And had the scent of it.

It was a glowing hour, where there was a dialogue

Where on the heads

There was a moon, whose white clad was being rinsed

By the contact of allied moments

 

That rusted iron

Who knows

How that lock was being opened with the key of promise

 

Who knows!

The bright hour, The scintillation

Which was in the perception of desire

It was like roaring clouds of belief

Which were written in the margins of a connecting letter

Page by page

Lined eyes

Dimensionless bright luminosity

 

In the silence of dark nights

Around that desire

Which is the throne of the bright hour

There, except me and you

There is still no occupant.

Poet

 

And Now It Is

 

It's extremely cold

In this cold night

I am rubbing both hands together

To change my internal weather

 

I am thinking in a closed room

How many evenings have turned into ashes I

In the hearth so far

How many promises are not fulfilled and are dreams

Do you remember

The moment you were leaning your head on the threshold

On the other side of the moment

I was watching the union of bound-in fetters fading

The moon was watching this scene

With its head resting on the branch of the sky

In every fold of the bed

The river of night was returning

All the seasons' aroma was in one fist

The coins of the talk were shining on the pillows

 

And Now It Is

 

The river of the night

Flows through the desert and plains

On the distant sky

The moon while watching this view

Keeps on telling the whole story of this season

To the glooming stars

 

MANZAR HUSSAIN AKHTAR

 

MANZAR HUSSAIN AKHTAR, a renowned poet from Lahore, Pakistan, has gained international recognition for his literary contributions. His Urdu poetry book Satre-Nou and Punjabi collection Wailay da Parchawan have won critical acclaim. Akhtar’s name was included in the Guinness Book of World Records (2023) for his hyperpoem anthology. A Peace Ambassador and award-winning poet, he has also served as a Special Judge in Islamabad’s Federal Courts. His works are translated into multiple languages worldwide.