Unlike the Gregorian calendar that consists of 365 days, Islamic calendar has about 354 days divided into 12 months and depends on the sighting of the crescent moon which varies from country to country. If it is not sighted on 29th, the ongoing month completes 30 days and a new month starts the next day. A new month begins when the new moon is sighted on the 29th day of the ongoing month. A month lasts for 29 or 30 days in this calendar, depending on the moon sighting. The Islamic calendar is based on a lunar cycle, unlike the Gregorian calendar. While the first day of Muharram is known as Al Hijri or Arabic New Year, the tenth day is celebrated as Ashura by Muslim community across the world. The word Muharram means ‘not permitted’ or ‘forbidden’ hence, Muslims are prohibited from taking part in activities like warfare and use it as a period of prayer and reflection. It is the most sacred month in Islam after Ramadan and marks the beginning of the lunar calendar which Islam follows. Throbbing veins and beating hearts, all their dance will stop and sleep.ġ.breeze, ambience(used for the sky) 2.velvet –soft 3.small particle 4.samjhe without knowing, without willing 5.fistful of dustMuharram is the first month in Islamic calendar followed by the lunar months of Safar, Rabi-al-Thani, Jumada al-Awwal, Jumada ath-Thaniyah, Rajab, Shaban, Ramadan, Shawwal, Zu al-Qadah and Zu al-Hijjah.
In the depths of a dark sea all that have bloomed like young buds, all that have smiled like flowers, all faces will be drowned and lost. Like greenery, we too grow again and againġ.palms like lotus flowers 2.the tongue like a flower petal 3.voice and sound 4.butterfly Ham-chu sabza baar-haa roiida-eem – (ruumii) In a uniquely beautiful, happy way Ali Sardar Jafri is taking stock of his life and looking at his death … not with sorrow, not with longing but a happy observation that he is a link in a continuing chain … that he may die, but the chain will keep going. MaiN mar ke amar ho jaata hooN I sleep and I wake up. I am a fleeting moment that in this enchanting flow of time is like a restless drop, constantly moving from the flask of yesterday into the vision of tomorrow. The beautiful rivers of this earth, those lovely clouds in the sky will fill their existence with mine and the whole world will see that every story is my tale, that every lover is “Sardar” and every beloved “Sultana”.
soundsĪnd when cold wintry winds blow, to usher in the season of autumn, under the eager footfalls of every traveler treading on those fallen dried leaves will be heard the sounds of my laughter. Like the beauty of a bride I will filter through veils. I will become the colour of henna, the melody of Ghazal. verdant, greenĪnd when seeds smile and emerge as new life, and tender roots with their finger, probe the layers of this dust, I will return in every leaf and every flower and open my eyes again and in my verdant green palm weigh every drop of dew.ġ. “seeds laughing” or seeds germinating, 2. I will speak again from the mouths of children. Everything will be cleared off and nobody will ask, where is “Sardar” in this assembly. fistful of dustĪnd in the soft blue sky this cheerful small lustrous particle, this earth (which is) my heaven, its mornings and its evenings, with no awareness, without a will, will shed tears of dew drops on my remains, a mere fistful of dust.Įverything will be forgotten from the beautiful temple of memories. samjhe without knowing, without willing 5. Throbbing veins and beating hearts, all their dance will stop and sleep. the ability to write and recite poetry is central to loss of life. These lotus hands will wither away and from that petal-like tongue the butterfly of speech will fly away. The day will come when the lamps of eyes will be extinguished. Ham-chu sabza baar-haa roiida-eem” – (ruumii) Like greenery, we too grow again and again Click here for overall comments and on any passage for meanings and discussion.
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