Poems of Annihilation

One Hundred Poems of Tukaram by Chandrakant Kaluram Mhatre 2015 Marathi 1608-1650 Bhakti Sant Poet Maharashtra India “the destitute and the downtrodden who considers as his own he alone is to be recognised as a saint” God made Tuka’s blabber significant “Tuka is as vast as the sky” mystic poetry

Love’s Last Madness poem 88 Talash-e Nur Quest for Light Manzil-e Nur Abode of Light Jadah-e Nur Pathway of Light “all I remember is a sudden glimpse of him” “the soul is a flower that autumn cannot ravage” Guru Nanak poem on vegetarianism Bandanawaz Gesudaraz Mir Ghalib the Hundu understanding rekhta urdu hindi sadachar Sant Kirpal Singh Sant Darshan Singh Jandar ka Lahu Barry Lerner Harbans Sing...

Translations of Urdu Sonnets by Sant Darshan Singh Mata-e Nur in Love’s Last Madness poems 85-87 translated by Barry Lerner and Harbans Singh Bedi “soon you were flowing in my every vein” “break through the bounds of perception and draw near sonorous light” “in glorious hues contemplation paints desire’s abode” “madman moth of love” “nights last forever” “my fate hangs on you humble poet” Hindvi K...

Love’s Last Madness poem 84 “how pristine are these drops raining down from springtide clouds” a Persian poem from Talash e Nur by Darshan Singh translated by Barry Lerner Lyric ghazal voice Francis Pritchett “love at every step” “my concept of poetry” “cheh qatr-ha keh ze-abr-e bahir mirizad”

Love’s Last Madness poem 83 “this tale has no words” is poem 146 in Talash-e Nur a persian poem by Darshan Singh be-del beshnow hadis-e bi zabani nabashad “no burdens remain where devotion resides” sufi mystical persian poetry translated by Barry Lerner and Harbans Singh Bedi poems on a spiritual path sant mat

Love’s last Madness poem 81 and 82 translated by Barry Lerner and Harbans Singh Bedi “remembering him exclusively draws him to you helplessly” Farhaad and Sheereen Khusrow o Shirin Nexami Ganjavi (1141-1209) sufi mystical poetry

Love’s Last Madness poem 80 “I do not walk alone” Mata e Nur poem 68 by Darshan Singh translated by Barry Lerner and Harbans Singh Bedi Tukaram agenof coronavirus Hafez Hafiz “yet it was these acts of sin that filled my path of beauty” ne se “Happy that disobedience that brings me to my knees” Ansari Ghalib nakardah gunahon ki bhi hasrat ki mule dad amir us ke ifa e ahd tak nah jie Urdu mystic poe...

Love’s Last Madness poem 79 “Life - unfathomable in ages past” poem 42 of Mata e Nur by Darshan Singh translated by Barry Lerner and Harbans Singh Bedi “still I long to speak to him in the flesh today” “the horizon glows with a red mist even today” “still the sun burns like noon on the plains of my madness today” apne junun ke dasht Rumi masnavi

Love’s Last Madness poem 78 is an English translation of Urdu poem 62 of Mata e Nur by Darshan Singh 1921-1988 “who knows what state I was in when our eyes met!” “I feel the tug at my heart leading me forward” Barry Lerner and Harbans Singh Bedi Iqbal sitaron se age jahan aur bhi hain abhi ishq ke imtihan aur bhi hain Mir Meer taqi meer mir le sans bhi ahistah keh nazuk hai bahut kam afaq ki is ka...

Love’s Last Madness poem 77 is 82 in Mata e Nur by Darshan Singh translated by Harbans Singh Bedi the introduction the day love was invented “the basis of the making lies in the breaking”

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Love’s Last Madness poem 76 “the sum of all light” an english translation of Urdu poem 87 of Mata e Noor by Darshand Singh Barry Lerner “a human being must be resolute and endure life’s bitter sorrows in times of grief and affliction” “however lofty the sentiment, if divorced from reality, How is that wisdom, art or poetry?” “Who knows why beauty puts no trust in me?” Vatan mystic poetry

Karma reincarnation and transmigration satsang of Sant Rajinder Singh Ji Maharaj do good and don’t come back meditate properly with no thoughts for 2.5 hours a day put others first nonviolence being humble Kirpal Singh sos.org

Love’s Last Madness poem 75 translation of Urdu poem 78 in Mata’e Nur by Darshan Singh Barry Lerner “now to find that Darshan has been anointed the master of the tavern” Pir-e Mughan Rumi pir ra bogzin keh bi-pir in safar masnavi book 1 126 lines 2943 savvier profligate wastrel

Love’s Last Madness poem 74 a translation of poem 86 Mata’e Nur by Darshan Singh Barry Lerner “to us no slip of yours is a fall from grace” puritans Ghalib qata kije nah ta alluq ham se kuchh nahin hai to adavat hi sahi Bulleh Shah Harishchandra Chaddha vatan

Love’s Last Madness poem 73 “my beloved, they say is angry with me” Urdu poem 85 from Mata’-e Noor by Darshan Singh 1988 1921-1989 translated by Barry Lerner “the heart till it breaks is but a silent stone, yet from its shattering arise anguished melodies” “sublime is beauty’s every word! love’s talk is folly!” Of course what you say is right! i repeat absolutely right!” “Darshan has left this wor...

Love’s Last Madness poem 72: “when amidst a flood of woes” Mata e Nur poem 84 by Darshan Singh translated by Barry Lerner “one step in your lane and my heart is struck mad again” “remembering someone, Darshan slipped into self-oblivion” Harishchandra Chaddra ruz-e azal bandagi teri karun mujh ko taufiq tu baksh vadah e ruz e azal yad dilane vale

Love’s Last Madness poem 71 translation of Urdu poem 77 of Mata e Nur by Darshan Singh “look! The heedless one came to his senses!” “The wayfarers looked everywhere, but saw no sign of Darshan” yoga day father’s day quran 7:143 manzil marhalah mt sinai Sach Khand Anami desh Q59:1 Barry Lerner

Love’s Last Madness poem 70 “ever mindful of the world’s eyes” Urdu poem 83 from Mata e Nur by Darshan Singh Sufi poet Bullhe Bulleh Shah 1680-1757 namaz parhan keh tudh val dekhan mainum ka bah bhul gayo beloved father Kirpal Singh Barry Lerner

Love’s Last Madness poem 67 “show me the miracle of Christ” translation of Urdu poetry of Darshan Singh Mata e Nur poem 73 by Barry Lerner tauhid tawhid shahadah la ilaha illa-llah sh’ma yisrael adonai eloheinu adonai echad eko ham bahu syam Vedas Ish Upanishad Gurbani Mutu qabla an tamutu kun fa-yakun Quran 2:117 16:40 36:82 40;68 “dying while living” “die before you die” Muhammad Shabd unstruck...

Awaken Spiritually Juneteenth satsang of Sant Rajinder Singh Ji Maharaj “we are but players” theater “our Soul is the only thing that is Stable” Farmer River Stones Simran Bhajan How much zeal and passion”? seed of naam golden opportunity sos.org science of spirituality meditation

Love’s Last Madness poem 67 “How wondrous the harmony emerging from love” Urdu Poem 81 of Mata e Nur by Darshand Singh Anami Be nam Amir Khusro Khusrau Khusrao man to shodam to man shodi Iqbal tu bacha bacha ke nah rakh ise Rumi “I am a King” allpoetry.com “exulting in my self-oblivion” “the range of my flight is to the highest heaven” Anami persian urdu literature Auliya Awliya Barry Lerner

Love’s Last Madness poem 67: “what I need most of you” Urdu poem 79 in Mata’e Nur by Darshan Singh “I wish to be done with the Ego” “to follow a love-mad guide is what I want” “a life-infusing glance is what I want” “whatever is right for me is what I want” Tuka Tukaram Suso Barry Lerner 1988 2018

The Intimate Merton finishing the book the Journals of Thomas Merton death Margie Smith O Tantric Mother Mountain the sun sets in the East the mountain is seen “mysterious way of dying” “I know and have seen what I was obscurely looking for “ “but the journey is only begun” Patrick Hart Jonathan Montaldo Mark Shaw John Cooney Irish times

Love’s Last Madness poem 66 - Mata’e Nur Darshan Singh poem 72 Hafiz Hafez ba saba dar chaman-e laleh sahar Harishchandra Chadda Kirpal Singh “thorns and thistles” Amir Khusrow Khusro Auliya Awliya shad bash ei del keh fardu Barry Lerner Urdu mystic poetry Fawa id al-Fu ad Morals for the heart Bruce Lawrence