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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: MUSLIMS Matches Found: 95 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A MOHAMMEDAN LESSON, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Garbed as a mussulman one day Last Line: That wine is not for christian men! Subject(s): Alcoholism & Alcoholics; Muslims; Moslems APPREHENSION, by WAZIR AGHA Poem Source First Line: The yellow bird darted out of the bush Last Line: And the leaves of light will die! Subject(s): Muslims AT EACH OTHER, by SHAHEED QUADRI Poem Source First Line: We stare at eachother Last Line: Your tears cannot touch me Subject(s): Muslims BATTLE HYMN OF THE SPANISH REBELLION, by LOUIS ALEXANDER MACKAY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The church's one foundation Last Line: The bombing-planes of jove. Alternate Author Name(s): Smalacombe, John; Mackay, L. A. Subject(s): Muslims; Revolutions; Spain; War; Moslems BEAUTY COMPETITION, FR. BADAN DARIDAH, by FAHMIDA RIYAZ Poem Source First Line: The hips undulate, so what? Last Line: Do, please, measure some limb of yours! Subject(s): Beauty; Muslims BEFORE THE FIRST OF THE NEXT MONTH, by MAJEED AMJAD Poem Source First Line: All days seem alike Last Line: Through the valley of death Subject(s): Muslims BETRAYAL OF VIOLETS, by MOHAMMED IBRAHIM ABU SINNAH Poem Source First Line: The flutter of violets Last Line: Be the tomb of my love Subject(s): Flowers; Muslims; Violets BLOOD AND SILENCE, by AHMAD 'ABD AL-MUTI HIJAZI Poem Source First Line: I still have some color and brightness to my blood Last Line: But I can not remain a tombstone Subject(s): Muslims BOY'S SONG, by ZAHID DAR Poem Source First Line: We set out looking for light Last Line: O girls, you tell us that! Subject(s): Boys; Muslims CALLING MOUNTAIN, by WAZIR AGHA Poem Source First Line: At dawn Last Line: The yellow mountain of the day Subject(s): Muslims CONSOLATION, by AL MAHMUD Poem Source First Line: The more intolerant I get Last Line: And whispers a tender welcome Subject(s): Muslims COUSIN SHAMSU, DURZI, by KAISER HAQ Poem Source First Line: Hunched over an ancient singer Last Line: They are made for; they sell well Subject(s): Muslims CURFEW SUMMER, by MAKI KUREISHI Poem Source First Line: Summer clocks in at eight. By now Last Line: Without a pass, uncensored opinions Subject(s): Muslims DIALOGUE; FROM KAFKA'S NOTEBOOKS, by FATTHY SAID Poem Source First Line: Wandering all alone in the night Last Line: Before the 'director' issues a permit Subject(s): Kafka, Franz (1883-1924); Muslims DISTANCE, by KHALIL-UR-RAHMAN AZMI Poem Source First Line: What happened, I'm lost in my home! Last Line: It seems to lay bare the grief of a soul! Subject(s): Muslims EMBRACE OF CRESCENTS, by DAUD KAMAL Poem Source First Line: Parabola of light Last Line: Is a porous stone %honeycombed with regrets Subject(s): Muslims EPITAPHS, by ORHAN VELI KANIK Poem Source First Line: Nothing made him suffer in this world Last Line: If only there were no parting Subject(s): Epitaphs; Muslims EVENING MUSIC, by YAHYA KEMAL Poem Source First Line: At kandilli, in the ancient garden Last Line: Dreams within dreams open up anew Subject(s): Muslims EXILE, by YAHYA KEMAL Poem Source First Line: Exile, what is it, can he know who has not been driven Last Line: Yet this man, overcome by it, to be broken must endure Subject(s): Exiles; Muslims FIFTEENTH CENTURY, by KALEEM OMAR Poem Source First Line: They have set up a committee Last Line: So all I can say is that the fifteenth century %had better end, and soon Subject(s): Muslims; Past FIRST PORTRAIT (FOR A BEGGAR WOMAN OUTSIDE THE PAK TEA HOUSE), by SARMAD SEHBAI Poem Source First Line: I sometimes think Last Line: Of cold and savourless thinga Subject(s): Begging And Beggars; Muslims FLIGHT, by YAHYA KEMAL Poem Source First Line: Before alighting, the soul sails Last Line: Free in the sky, flying free in the sea, free in the distance Subject(s): Muslims FOR YOU, by ORHAN VELI KANIK Poem Source First Line: For you, my fellow men Last Line: For you %all for you Subject(s): Muslims FORMAL APPEAL, by KALEEM OMAR Poem Source First Line: There is no one Last Line: Who will believe, and stand, %and shout: oppose Subject(s): Muslims GOD'S RAIN, by GHULAM-SARWAR YOUSOF Poem Source First Line: The night is awake Last Line: And god must be angry %once more Subject(s): Muslims GRAFTS AND THE GARDEN, by MEHDI AKHAVAN SALES Poem Source First Line: For a moment she was silent, then Last Line: No rain will ever wash you clean Subject(s): Gardens And Gardening; Muslims GRANDFATHERS AND GRANDSONS, SELS., by M. A. NUHMAN Poem Source First Line: Our grandpa had Last Line: Grandson of the elephant-owner, %take note Subject(s): Muslims GREEN MAN, by KALEEM OMAR Poem Source First Line: I am here Last Line: When I die, %everything will cease to be Subject(s): Muslims HALDIGHAT OF NEW INDIA, by KAZI NAZRUL ISLAM Poem Source First Line: Balasore, on the bank of the river bura-balam Last Line: Balasore, on the banks of the river bura-balam, %the haldighat of new india Subject(s): India; Muslims HEADACHE, by ORHAN VELI KANIK Poem Source First Line: However beautiful the roads Last Line: I would like to meet one of them %in paris Subject(s): Muslims HYMN OF THE LYRE PLAYER, by FATTHY SAID Poem Source First Line: As long as you're still alive Last Line: Nobody has returned from where he went Subject(s): Muslims I MEET LEE SAN IN THE NETHER WORLD AND TALK OF HOME, by AHMED ALI Poem Source First Line: When autumn leaves were scattered Last Line: And his fllock, the astonished lynx or leopard Subject(s): Muslims IFRIQIYAD / ALTERNATIVES, SELS., by MAJID EL-HOUSSI Poem Source First Line: Violence strikes us everywhere Last Line: The days tick away threateningly %dismembered ifriqiya Subject(s): Muslims IN A STALLED VAN, by TAUFIQ RAFAT Poem Source First Line: In a stalled van I sit Last Line: A poem might start Subject(s): Muslims INSIDE, by ORHAN VELI KANIK Poem Source First Line: The window, the best is the window Last Line: Instead of four walls Subject(s): Muslims IQLEEMA, FR. BADAN DARIDAH, by FAHMIDA RIYAZ Poem Source First Line: Iqleema %born of the mother of cain Last Line: For once ask her, too, something! Subject(s): Muslims LAST QUARTER OF THE NIGHT, by GILANI KAMRAN Poem Source First Line: I looked out the window all night long Last Line: May my words fly around as resplendant birds -- %whether I be or not Subject(s): Muslims LOOT, by TAUFIQ RAFAT Poem Source First Line: That there's a bridegroom in the house Last Line: Half-run half walk after the procession Subject(s): Muslims MALTEPE, by YAHYA KEMAL Poem Source First Line: The sun bends through the golden sea its gold color Last Line: O heart, wait for me yet for a dawn's pallor! Subject(s): Muslims MANGOES, by TAUFIQ RAFAT Poem Source First Line: Enamelled basins, full Last Line: Hands reaching down, never touching bottom Subject(s): Mango Trees; Muslims MAROZIE, by ANDRE-FERDINAND HEROLD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: On the shady terrace where her beauty wells Last Line: For a friendly look from her eyes of sprinkled gold. Subject(s): Courts & Courtiers; Muslims; Royal Court Life; Royalty; Kings; Queens; Moslems MIST, by AHMAD NADEEM QASIMI Poem Source First Line: Mist-enshrouded Last Line: Leaves fall from the tree of love Subject(s): Mist; Muslims MOON, by KAISER HAQ Poem Source First Line: Aunts in orgies of gossip Last Line: Here, I tell it sharply Subject(s): Muslims MY VILLAGE AND I, by KAISER HAQ Poem Source First Line: My name's immaterial Last Line: It agrees with me Subject(s): Muslims NIGHT, by YAHYA KEMAL Poem Source First Line: As kandilli flowed through sleep's first quarter Last Line: Before it concludes, our dream is at dawn Subject(s): Muslims; Night NIGHT IN THE WAR, by WAZIR AGHA Poem Source First Line: When night declines, the moon Last Line: Keeps circling overhead Subject(s): Muslims OLD BOOKSELLER, by GILANI KAMRAN Poem Source First Line: Ranged in the trees Last Line: Where lies medinah, the bride of the cities? Subject(s): Booksellers; Muslims ON A MOUNTAIN ROAD, by KALEEM OMAR Poem Source First Line: That voice cancels a host of voices as you leave Last Line: And his flock, the astonished lynx or lepoard Subject(s): Muslims OPENING FIGURE, by MOHAMMED DIB Poem Source First Line: Woman greater than patience Last Line: And dismantled by deeds Subject(s): Muslims OUR FIRST JOURNEY, by N. M. RASHED Poem Source First Line: So there he was that earliest hour Last Line: Were left behind his celestial seat! Subject(s): Muslims PALACES UNDER THE MOON, by MOHAMED AZIZA Poem Source First Line: For a long time now Last Line: Of its orbital plane Subject(s): Muslims PARCHED PITCHER, by MEHDI AKHAVAN SALES Poem Source First Line: Brimming with emptiness Last Line: The moments stream by Subject(s): Muslims PASSENGER, by KALEEM OMAR Poem Source First Line: He stuffs fish out of a paper into his mouth Last Line: Give generously. The royal society for the blind Subject(s): Muslims; Railroads PILGRIMAGE, by YAHYA KEMAL Poem Source First Line: Together again at the same season Last Line: We lived one day here at atik-valde, ravished to the heart Subject(s): Muslims; Pilgrims And Pilgrimages PLOUGH IS CROOKED, by ABBAS ATHAR Poem Source First Line: I live in a crystal body Last Line: These tepid seasons seem to have %a lengthy life. I'm out of breath Subject(s): Muslims POEM WHICH CANNOT BE A LETTER, by ALAMGIR HASHMI Poem Source First Line: My mother writes Last Line: The word and the rain %falling, falling Subject(s): Muslims ROSE, by MEHDI AKHAVAN SALES Poem Source First Line: Color the same, same hue Last Line: Your hand holds nothing but some colored scraps of paper Subject(s): Flowers; Muslims; Roses SCREAM, by MAJEED AMJAD Poem Source First Line: Black-beaked %with blue and yellow wings Last Line: You just don't budge Subject(s): Muslims SEASONS, by YAHYA KEMAL Poem Source First Line: Autumn's strings begin to resound, then Last Line: Stride the sky victorious with his earth-bound music Subject(s): Muslims; Seasons SECOND PORTRAIT (FOR A MAD BEGGAR WOMAN OUTSIDE QUEEN MARY'S SCHOOL), by SARMAD SEHBAI Poem Source First Line: You bring a vague dream Last Line: Looking for the murderer? Subject(s): Begging And Beggars; Birth; Muslims SECOND-HAND TROUSERS, by TAUFIQ RAFAT Poem Source First Line: Another life I enter Last Line: Up his tented desires Subject(s): Muslims SHADOW AND THE CROSS, by SALAH ABDUL-SABUR Poem Source First Line: This is the age of boredom Last Line: Grope for your head! Subject(s): Muslims SILENT SHIP, by YAHYA KEMAL Poem Source First Line: If there comes a time to raise anchor from time Last Line: A number of years here; the passengers never descend Subject(s): Muslims SLEEP WORK, by MOHAMMED DIB Poem Source First Line: And phoenix turns to stone Last Line: Of the innocence of trees Subject(s): Muslims SOLDIERS OF ISLAM, by EMERSON BROWN Poem Source First Line: They die for god and go to heaven! Last Line: Don't you cry %you're going to heaven when you die! Subject(s): Islam; Muslims SOME DAYS AGO, by MAJEED AMJAD Poem Source First Line: It rained some days ago Last Line: My heart says: %perhaps it will rain again Subject(s): Muslims SONG FROM AFAR, by AHMAD 'ABD AL-MUTI HIJAZI Poem Source First Line: If only you bade me farewell at the airport Last Line: I would have smiled when my bnlood ran on the wall Subject(s): Muslims SONG OF A DEAD PILOT, by AHMAD 'ABD AL-MUTI HIJAZI Poem Source First Line: I am here flying my little star Last Line: While we stand without waiting Subject(s): Aviation And Aviators; Muslims SONG TO GOD, by SALAH ABDUL-SABUR Poem Source First Line: Let the crumbs of our flesh be strewn Last Line: You have forgotten me Subject(s): Muslims SONNET: 1, by SHAMSUL SYED HAQUE Poem Source First Line: A bird springs from the shirt at the magician's touch Last Line: Is one who unfurls coloured kerchiefs deep within the heart Subject(s): Muslims SONNET: 12, by SHAMSUL SYED HAQUE Poem Source First Line: The elongated corpse of darkness sprawls on the yard Last Line: On this silver, moonwashed night, why have you bolted your door? Subject(s): Muslims SONNET: 25, by SHAMSUL SYED HAQUE Poem Source First Line: Time, thieving herdsboy, has consumed Last Line: Dance wildly on the peasant's level yard Subject(s): Muslims STAR FLOWED, by YAHYA KEMAL Poem Source First Line: A star flowed, as though sky and sea embraced. It suddenly Last Line: Hopes for an ongoing find in any form, all in a rush Subject(s): Muslims STRANGE MAN, by WAZIR AGHA Poem Source First Line: In burnt out leaves Last Line: How strange you are Subject(s): Muslims TALK, by ORHAN VELI KANIK Poem Source First Line: You look beautiful one way in the mirror Last Line: Aren't you my girl? Subject(s): Muslims THE ARABIAN HORSE, by WILLIAM STEWARD GORDON Poem Text First Line: You ask, 'whence came the arab horse Last Line: To the sultan's royal stall. Subject(s): Animals; Arabia; Horses; Islam; Muslims; Moslems THE LEPER KNIGHT; A LEGEND OF MALTA, by CARROLL RYAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: St. Elmo's walls are high and strong Last Line: Had kept his vow in dying. Alternate Author Name(s): Ryan, William Thomas Carroll Subject(s): Fights; Knights & Knighthood; Legends; Malta; Muslims; Tyranny & Tyrants; Moslems THE SPECTRE-CARAVAN, by FERDINAND FREILIGRATH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Twas at midnight, in the desert, where we rested on the ground Last Line: See, it dawns!—a joyous welcome neigh our horses to the light! Alternate Author Name(s): Freiligrath, Hermann Ferdinand Subject(s): Caravans; Deserts; Food & Eating; Mecca; Muslims; Moslems THE WAR IN EUROPE: 1915; ABDALLAH OF CAIRO SPEAKS, by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: By the prophet! If these be christians, where shall / we find the heathen? Last Line: I will repeat the fátiha and leave them to their doom! Alternate Author Name(s): Dean Subject(s): Muslims; Prayer; Religion; World War I; Moslems; Theology; First World War THERE MUST BE SOMETHING, by ORHAN VELI KANIK Poem Source First Line: Is the sea as beautiful as this every day? Last Line: There must be something behind this somewhere Subject(s): Muslims THINKING OF OTHER UNIVERSES, by MUNEER NIAZI Poem Source First Line: Warm blue ocean Last Line: In some other universe Subject(s): Muslims; Universe THIRD POEM OF LEAVE-TAKING, by HAMID SKIF Poem Source First Line: My love %a wound exposed to the typhoons of tenderness Last Line: My love is a sphinx cut out from the calendars of solitude Subject(s): Love; Muslims TO A YOUNG GIRL SINGING, by HENRY VAN DYKE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Oh, what do you know of the song, my dear Last Line: For then you will know it by heart. Alternate Author Name(s): Civis Americanus Subject(s): Ignorance; Muslims; Dullness; Stupdity; Moslems TO AUDEN, FR. BADAN DARIDAH, by FAHMIDA RIYAZ Poem Source First Line: It's true, my philosopher Last Line: Than any god/clown of goodness Subject(s): Auden, Wystan Hugh (1907-1973); Muslims; Poetry And Poets TOMORROW'S FORECASTS ARE ALL DONE, by ALAMGIR HASHMI Poem Source Last Line: It has no name Subject(s): Muslims TRANSITION, by ATHAR TAHIR Poem Source First Line: It would be picturesque to go Last Line: Down roots and the worm world works Subject(s): Muslims TREE HOUSE, by KALEEM OMAR Poem Source First Line: Six day's labour Last Line: That is the best I can do Subject(s): Muslims TYRANT, by FAIZ AHMED FAIZ Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Come, let us rejoice! Last Line: And in heaven the gates of sanctity have been sealed Alternate Author Name(s): Faiz, Faiz Ahmad Subject(s): Muslims UNTUNED LUTE, by MOHAMED AZIZA Poem Source First Line: Oh blind musician, the caresses of your fingers Last Line: The malouf [andalousian song] sings the lament of a paradise lost -- %a musical mirage Subject(s): Moors (people); Muslims; Spain VICTIM, by FAIZ AHMED FAIZ Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Night is the harbinger of pain Last Line: Or should I believe you? Alternate Author Name(s): Faiz, Faiz Ahmad Subject(s): Muslims VISION OF A MARTYR, by MOHAMMED IBRAHIM ABU SINNAH Poem Source First Line: Kiss me!.This is the first day of love Last Line: My birth has come Subject(s): Martyrs; Muslims VOICE FROM THE UNKNOWN, by FAIZ AHMED FAIZ Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Warn all in authority Last Line: Here and now will be the day of judgement Alternate Author Name(s): Faiz, Faiz Ahmad Subject(s): Muslims WHAT DAYS, INDEED, by MAJEED AMJAD Poem Source Last Line: The harvest of your million spinning worlds Subject(s): Muslims WHEREVER I GO, by AL MAHMUD Poem Source First Line: Since I invited the river Last Line: Scattered by the sound of sudden gun-shots Subject(s): Muslims WORDS OR SPOORS, FR. OMNEROS, by MOHAMMED DIB Poem Source First Line: Sea I beat loads and retreats Last Line: A hopscotch and then withdraw Subject(s): Muslims |
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