(June 2010) Like the Elevations of heavens Empirical Parliament, Like Silvery benedictions, Ceruleans of Enchanting East, Whose Opulent liveries furnish bright pavilions of day, With heavenly heraldries and gorgeous Presidency, Our Low natures, emblazoned by Wisdoms exalted dynasty, These Cimmerian…
The blisses we desire, in this pained mortality are like dreams of paradise which remain as futile visions- Thru the misery of our lives, we see dreams of euphoric tomorrows and when tomorrow comes we are still eluded further- Lofty…
Taimur Awan's Spiritual Balms is a remarkable collection of poems exploring the divine beauty of the world we live in and incomprehensible nature of its creator. Taimur Awan combines his passion for poetry with his devotion to religion to create a masterpiece…
"Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words." - Edgar Allan Poe. In 'Aspirations and Fulfilment,' Taimur Awan explores universal themes such as faith, love, and the divine beauty of nature. His poems offer a perspective on life's trials…
The poems in this book explore the complex themes of religion, mysticism and love, and gives ample expression to the themes that define them. Some of the sublimest intellects that have emerged in our history have not conformed to any…
Your beauty, gift and masterwork of divinity, Has kept me in vassalage all my life, Yet I have built a Taj Mahal in verse, To fortify your memory for all posterity. Like the immortal fragrance of long faded roses, Generation…
There is a love diviner than life, That the throbbing heart cannot fathom, Like a lovely glimpse of a distant future, Removing the curtains and veils of eternal life. The mortal heart is raised to more sublime latitude, Like the…
We must gain the thrones of love and virtue, And remove the stains of ego and dark vices from our personalities, Like a gardener who cuts weeds from a lilac garden. Only then will we be among God's chosen, beloved,…
Forgive us, our embryo wisdoms, cannot comprehend your mysteries or your ways, So guide us to the avenues of your blessed, And never to question your decrees. Never to wage warfare against your ordinance, And to foster these pearls of…
Futile are all the religions and creeds, Like the faded roses in winter, To those who are the summits of virtues, And keep the flame of love burning in their hearts.
A woman might appear to be beautiful, A visage fair as the full moon, well sculpted in body, Yet her heart can contain fires and eclipses. If a man weds her for her beauty, And cannot see beyond the veil,…
Were I to possess the Crown of joys, I would barter them all for her priceless love, The victory, conquest, and coronation of my life, Or a beggar, seeker, and quester for a lifetime. Her face is whiter and lovelier…
Love and beauty, those sacred blessings, I have loved their most Celestial heights, Like a gift and trophy to my blessed life, And met a goddess lofty and pure, The paragon of all perfection's nature bestows. Where the loveliest dwellings…
Why isn't my existence like the everlasting stars, that endure forever and never fade, Or pure and virtuous as the Virgin skies, Shining with the pristine glow of many gems, Lord grant me the nectars of divine happiness, The chalice…
Her beauty is like the sunrise, and her affections like the lasting fountains of Abe Zamzam, That when I bathe in them, I am purified of all the germs of life, Purged of fires and eclipses, of all life's darkest…
My days were full of psalms and celebrations, My hours were a perpetual April, Now I feel only dethronements and decays, Yet the heavenly birth of the spring, And the silver Candles of the heavens oft, To thrones and princedoms…
I quest for marriage and fame like twin felicities, Metaphors of victory over all my defeats in life, For the falconry of my verse to soar to the stars, And with Universal fragrances to fill the hearts of posterity, For…
Let the growing Crescent become the full moon, Let the bud become a flourishing daisy of June, Let wisdom reach her zenith and piety her peak. If we are given the Crowns of lasting faith and virtue, With her cordial…
Lovers are like two twin roses, Love is as constant as the northern star, The union of hearts, bodies, and minds for a lifetime. The henna on a beautiful bride's hands, Should not be removed for her entire mortality, Like…
Beauties have cast their arrows of fire in my heart, By me falling in love a thousand times, they as distant as the stars. Why should pain and fire consume my heart, Or this burning desire be the existential plague,…
We must fall many times before we learn to walk endlessly, We must sin countless times before we achieve the summit of piety, Hearts polished like gold, syllables and actions of righteousness, With lifelong and fortified faith in God, When…