Kashmir Arts Council کشمیر آرٹس کونسل

25/06/2026

کربلا اور امامِ حسینؓ کی عظمت
بنامِ سید الشہداء حضرت امام حسینؓ

کربلا کی ریت آج بھی صدا دیتی ہے،
ہر ذرّہ عشقِ حسینؓ کی گواہی دیتا ہے۔
فرات بہتا رہا کناروں کے قریب،
مگر خیموں میں پیاس کا عالم عجیب۔
ننھے لب خشک تھے، آنکھوں میں دعا تھی،
ہر دل میں صبر تھا، ہر سانس وفا تھی۔
نہ دولت کا سوال تھا، نہ تخت و تاج کا،
یہ معرکہ تھا حق کا، ظلم کے راج کا۔
حسینؓ نے سر جھکایا نہیں باطل کے سامنے،
چراغِ حق جلایا اندھیروں کے زمانے میں۔
اکبرؓ کی جوانی تھی، قاسمؓ کی ادا تھی،
عباسؓ کی وفا تھی، سکینہؓ کی صدا تھی۔
زمینِ کربلا اشکوں سے نہا گئی،
آلِ نبیؐ کی قربانی امر ہو گئی۔
جب نیزوں پہ سرِ حسینؓ بلند ہوا،
تب دینِ محمدؐ کا پرچم بلند ہوا۔
شہادت نے یہ پیغام زمانے کو دیا،
حق پر رہو اگرچہ ہو ہر سمت ابتلا۔
آج بھی دلوں میں حسینؓ زندہ ہیں،
وفا کے ہر سفر میں حسینؓ زندہ ہیں۔
جو ظلم کے آگے سر جھکاتے نہیں،
وہ کربلا کے درس کو بھلاتے نہیں۔
سلام اُن پیاسوں پر جنہوں نے صبر کیا،
سلام اُن جانثاروں پر جنہوں نے حق کا سفر کیا۔
سلام امامِ عالی مقام حسینؓ پر،
سلام شہدائے کربلا کے نامِ گرامی پر۔
یا حسینؓ!
تیرا نام رہے گا جب تک یہ جہاں باقی ہے،
کیونکہ کربلا صرف ایک واقعہ نہیں،
حق، صبر، قربانی اور انسانیت کی لازوال داستان ہے۔
✍️ Dr. Mudassir Hussain Rather

11/05/2026

https://poetryleaves2.wordpress.com/2026/05/11/alzadeism-a-new-face-of-existentialism-an-exclusive-interview-with-alzad/

Alzadeism: a new face of existentialism.An exclusive interview with Alzad Interviewer Shah Jehan Ashrafi from Canada From the Alzadism -Eternal Existentialism Poetry movement: one poem a day (34)——…

21/04/2026

Amortegui Laskiaf
Getting back.........

21/04/2026

Amortegui Laskiaf

Dear readers,
I am pleased to announce, as Chief Editor Shajil Anthru of English Litterateur Redefining World, that the Literary Award has been awarded to Ms. Laskiaf Amortegui from Colombia for her outstanding work “LÍA”, published in our March 2026 issue.

The award was conferred on 14 April 2026, and the certificate has been issued in her name.

Warm congratulations to Ms. Laskiaf Amortegui on this well-deserved recognition.
With appreciation,

Shajil Anthru
Chief Editor
English Litterateur Redefining World

11/04/2026

A critical review of Mahmoud Said Kawash’s poem ``It is the night, it is you` , from his poetry book `` Whispers of a lover’s heart``.

By Shah Jehan Ashrafi
Canada

Poetry is highly subjective, and poets dip their fingers in its ink to tell the tales of various people. Poetry is both the expression and celebration of pain and suffering in verses. Creativity is indeed a tool to attain resilience and to romanticize negative experiences in life. Mahmoud Said Kawash’s poem “It is the night, it is you” from his poetry collection Whispers of a Lover’s Heart (published in January 2026) is a poem that reveals the unique style and thoughts of the poet.

Kawash was born in Palestine. He dwelt in Lebanon, and he is presently living in Denmark. The poet holds a degree in Management and English Literature. His professional career delves into education, translation, journalism, and research in political, cultural, and social studies.

Kawash paints the presence of love as silent emotional resistance in his poem. For him, there is no need to present love as a spectacle. In his introspective verses, the poet sees the beloved as a presence in absence.

The “You,” or the beloved, in the poem “It is the night, it is you,” is present in repeated departures. The poet establishes a sense of routine in separation and the emotional distance between the lover and the beloved. The speaker is used to seeing the departure of the beloved, and this creates a fragmentation in time and in their relationship. The speaker loves in absence rather than in presence:

It is the night that comes and goes,
Living within us in silence.

However, as absence has become a habit, the speaker perceives it as a strong presence in the vicinity, namely in the physical world—the moon, the stars, and the vastness of the world. In this way, the beloved merges with the physical world and becomes omnipresent.

Amidst the void of existence, Kawash creates a strong manifestation of Being: “Practicing the sin of existence, offering the universe the coolness of your breath and the expanse of your lungs.”

Kawash’s unique style and thoughts in presenting the universal theme of presence in absence are very compelling. In a world being devoured by hatred, guns, wars, and constant ups and downs, his poem insists on signaling the presence of the beloved through repetitive absence.

23/01/2026

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23/01/2026

A kiss

Poem original by Aziz Mountassir English version by Neide Romani

Let me steal a kiss from your lips,
not in haste, but as night steals the moon.
Its first touch is shy, a trembling confession,
a quiet secret blushing between breaths.
Its middle blooms into love—
a fearless flame learning how to stay,
an ache that calls your name
as if the heart were created only for this moment.
And then comes the madness, sacred and wild,
a reckless truth that burns every boundary.
Laws crumble, reason kneels,
and rules fall like crowns from broken kings.
I lost my order, my balance, my defenses,
for love rewrote me without mercy.
I broke my own commandments willingly,
because loving you became my only law.

10/01/2026

"Human rights are inalienable, indivisible and interdependent.

But in recent years, we've seen grave violations that signal a flagrant disregard for rights and a callous indifference to suffering.

Together, we have the power to confront these injustices."

- UN Secretary-General António Guterres