Parveen Shakir

Parveen Shakir or Parvin Shakir (Urdu: پروین شاکر‎) (24 November 1952 – 26 December 1994) was an Urdu poet, teacher and a civil servant of the Government of Pakistan. Quotes Poetry Couplet A raindrop stuck up in my lashesand sank in the eye. Sessions of Sweet, Silent Thought: translated by Mirza A. B. Baig, p.4 The Surveillance Even though the gusts of zephyrknock till eternityon the red stone wallsbehind the city of flowers,no change will occur.Only that they will tire themselves. Sessions of Sweet, Silent Thought: translated by Mahmudul Hasani, p.4 Keep it in Mind Like the rest of them,will you also examine the white, crystal todayin the haze and mist of slimy yesterday?Do what you willbut keep it in mind:the sun has also been accusedof having necked and cuddled the night. Sessions of Sweet, Silent Thought: translated by Mirza Nehal Ahmad Baig, p. 20 Familiarity When the noisy tide recededfrom the shorethe frozen shiny sands suddenly movedbeneath her feer.The girl standing knee-deep in watercame to herself and mused:'How familiar is this moment!' Sessions of Sweet, Silent Thought: translated by Mirza Nehal Ahmad Baig, Poem no. 16, p. 26 See also Amjad Islam Amjad Nasir Kazmi Ijaz Hussain Batalvi Imran Khan Pakistan Lahore External links Author:Perveen Shakir Parveen Shakir Sessions of Sweet, Silent Thought, Selected Poems of Parveen Shakir: translated by Mahmudul Hasani, Mirza A. B. Baig & Mirza Nehal Ahmad Baig, 2nd edition, Arshia Publications, Delhi, September 2010 Category:1952 births Category:1994 deaths Category:Educators Category:Muslims from Pakistan Category:People from Karachi Category:People from Punjab (Pakistan) Category:Poets from Pakistan Category:Urdu-language writers Category:Urdu-language poets Category:Feminists from Pakistan Category:Civil servants from Pakistan Category:Islamic feminists Category:Women authors from Pakistan