LETTER EXCHANGE

 

 

 

 

 Dearest brother Sohail:

 I have yet to get around to completing your thoughtful questionnaire...being
 marred by simple existential concerns as I am leaving for Pakistan on the
 May Day to spend sometime with my aging older brother.  I have been
thinking about you and about your use of the term "dervish"...the term that
remained a source of my inspiration...more later but here is a short copulet by Josh Malihabadi:

 Insan yaqeen, allah-a guman
 Aa mere hath pey beyat pardh
    pardh kalima La-illa illa Insaan

 Rough translation:

   Us real, god an illusion
   Come hither and affirm
   "there is no god but human"!

 I have been reading your stuff and I feel kinship with you.  Have a good
 evening.

 Love,

 zahid

 
 

  

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