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शब्दों, अल्फ़ाज़ो को सँम्भाला,

फिर भी ना जाने कब वो मायूसी भरी

कविताएँ बन गईं.

शायद दर्दे ए दिल बेक़ाबू हो गया था .

लेकिन सच तो यह है

ज़िंदगी !

तुम्हारे दिए दर्दे ए सबक़,

कविता बना तुम्हें हीं लौटा रहीं हूँ .

यूँ हीं नहीं दर्द

तुम्हारे जाने का .

तुम गए

सिर्फ़ यही नहीं हुआ ,

ना जाने कितने चेहरों के

नक़ाब भी ले गए ………

कई अजनबी हमदर्द और

कई हमदर्द अजनबी बन गए .

When I die
when my coffin
is being taken out
you must never think
i am missing this world

don’t shed any tears
don’t lament or
feel sorry
i’m not falling
into a monster’s abyss

when you see
my corpse is being carried
don’t cry for my leaving
i’m not leaving
i’m arriving at eternal love

when you leave me
in the grave
don’t say goodbye
remember a grave is
only a curtain
for the paradise behind

you’ll only see me
descending into a grave
now watch me rise
how can there be an end
when the sun sets or
the moon goes down

it looks like the end
it seems like a sunset
but in reality it is a dawn
when the grave locks you up
that is when your soul is freed

have you ever seen
a seed fallen to earth
not rise with a new life
why should you doubt the rise
of a seed named human

have you ever seen
a bucket lowered into a well
coming back empty
why lament for a soul
when it can come back
like Joseph from the well

when for the last time
you close your mouth
your words and soul
will belong to the world of
no place no time .

❤ ❤ Rumi

International Day of Girls is an international observance day declared by the United Nations; it is also called the Day of Girls and the International Day of Girls. October 11, 2012, was the first Day of Girls. The observation supports more opportunity for Girls and increases awareness of gender inequality faced by Girls worldwide based upon their gender. This inequality includes areas such as access to education, nutrition, legal rights, medical care, and protection from discrimination, violence against women and unfree child marriage.[1] The celebration of the day also “reflects the successful emergence of Girls and young women as a distinct cohort in development policy, programming, campaigning and research.”

Courtesy- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Day_of_the_Girl_Child

If you want to change the ways others treat you, you should first change the way you treat yourself, fully and sincerely, there is no way you can be loved. Once you achieve that stage, however, be thankful for every thorn that others might throw at you. It is a sign that you will soon be showered in roses.

Shams Tabriz spiritual instructor of  Rumi ❤️❤️