May 7, 2008
(A friend of mine sent me this the other day. I have a tendency to be difficult and argumentative sometimes, and convinced I am always right - depending on whom I’m speaking with - so he thought this was apposite. -Y)
Paishkash, by Parveen Shakir
Itnay achay mausam mainRotna nahin achaHaar jeet ki baathainKal pay hum uta rakkhainAaj dosti kar lain

(A friend of mine sent me this the other day. I have a tendency to be difficult and argumentative sometimes, and convinced I am always right - depending on whom I’m speaking with - so he thought this was apposite. -Y)

Paishkash, by Parveen Shakir

Itnay achay mausam main
Rotna nahin acha
Haar jeet ki baathain
Kal pay hum uta rakkhain
Aaj dosti kar lain