Paths,MUNIR NIAZI

These paths, these lengthy paths!
Where do they lead to?

To some very ancient palaces --
Where some lost friends meet?

Perhaps, to the dense forests --
To scare us, like a vicious beast?

Or, after a round of aimless wandering,
Just bring us back to where we started!

A Simple Statement ,MUNIR NIAZI

If Death is all there in the fate!
Then why should we try evading it?

Why in our quest to forget it,
Should we surrender to mere illusions?

Why make some friends -- true or false,
And talk about the dreams -- in our hearts?

Why not just sit alone in the houses,
And then laugh -- like the lunatics do?

The City Buildings,MUNIR NIAZI

Driven by their own terror,
They encroach,
upon each other.

Early in the Morning ,MUNIR NIAZI

First, the bangles clinked -- so softly,
Then, she woke me with a tender pinch.
Wouldn't meet my playful eyes!
Just kept on giggling, incessantly.

A PRAYER I HAD FORGOTTEN(munir niazi)

O BIRD OF JOY
COME TO MY ABODE, FLY!
FLY AWAY FROM SOME TREE
WITH YOUR CALL OF JOY
JOYOUS LET MY HOUSE BE
LET THE SORROWFUL CITY WATCH US
WITH JOY AND GLEE

LET A FEW THINGS REMAIN UNSAID (munir niazi)

LET A FEW THINGS REMAIN UNSAID
LET A FEW THINGS REMAIN UNHEARD
WHAT SHALL BE LEFT IF ALL IS SAID?
WHAT SHALL BE LEFT IF ALL IS HEARD?
LEAVE THE BOUGH HEAVY, UNBLOOMED
IN A COLORFUL, UNCREATED WORLD
LEAVE THE WINDOW UNOPENED