Kaun Kise Naal Russe
A Shah Hussain poem reflecting on life’s brevity and death’s inevitability, asking who has time to hold grudges.
Selected notes & readings on literature, cinema and technology
Written by Jasdeep Singh
A Shah Hussain poem reflecting on life’s brevity and death’s inevitability, asking who has time to hold grudges.
A Shah Hussain poem warning that true love demands fear, sacrifice, and endurance, and should not be entered into lightly.
A Shah Hussain poem contrasting the eternal love of mendicants with worldly vanity, youth, and beauty that fade with mortality.
A Sufi poem by Shah Hussain questioning self-importance and pride, comparing the self to a humble weed and invoking Mansoor’s martyrdom for divine love.
A Shah Hussain poem on steadfast devotion, vowing to endure blame and suffering in silence, dying to the self while staying with the beloved.
A Shah Hussain poem warning that life’s night is nearly spent, urging the soul to wake and remember God before death takes it unaware.
A Shah Hussain poem declaring that a town without praise of the divine master is as debased as a den of stray dogs, condemning vain worldliness.
A Shah Hussain poem in Heer’s voice, defending women branded ‘bad’ by society for the sharp, sword-like pain of separation from their beloved.
A Shah Hussain devotional poem of total surrender, in which the devotee declares complete, humble belonging to the divine master.
A Shah Hussain poem chiding a woman for grudgingly roasting grain for humble faqirs while readily serving others.