Dual Illuminations: Poetry of Safdar Bhatti

O that somewhere should rise

Moon of thy comeliness

And change the darkling hue

Of gloomy loneliness.

O queen of sweet discourse

Let there be a soothingly slip

Some word of salving force

From mellifluous lip.

A vow of lasting endearment

A promise of unchanging love

Let musical strings do press

Of thy chiming heart, my dove.

Let bloom the bud of heart

Fading for the sheer want

Of nutrient and smart

Never let love be scant.

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A Humble Tribute to Pakistan

Long live Pakistan, dearest soil,

Sitting under bowery bliss

Listening to the melodic chirp

Of manifold joyous fowls

A patriot pays his homage

Long live Pakistan, sacred soil.

But love can't be explained

It needs a sacred quill and

Purest of the inks, with words

Fetched from the fount of love

Filled with dauntless emotions

To scare away the foes

Hidden and apparent.

Hark, the patriot roars

And the sound scourges,

Like aerial thunder breaks

The timid, conspiring hearts

Of malicious enemies abroad

And the traitors within alike.

O land of valour and belief

The reverie of a poet

The goal of a thin demigod

I salute you swollen with pride

I'm bound to You like a lover.

My sweet darling I love you

My heart is an altar of thee

My mind, the quill of thy honor

And my love like the embers glow

To see you crowned with victory.

To see you triumph over all

Making matchless progress,

We, your avowed devotees,

Would lay our lives for you

Gladly, dear motherland.

Bio:

Safdar Bhatti is a published poet who has been writing whole poetry since 1994. 'Philogyny' is the tile of his book, was published from the UK. His verses have been commended by various dignitories including the late Queen Elizabeth, University of Manchester, Chief of the Air Staff, Pakistan Air Force, National University of Modern Languages Pakistan and many more individuals. He is also a member of The Poetry Society London.

Safdar has an M.A. in English Literature. A widely read scholar in almost all the major English poets from Lagland and Chaucer to Thomas Hardy along with poets and tragedians of ancient Greek and Rome. Safdar is a contributing editor of ILA Magazine.

He lives in a small village called Marri in district Sargodha of Pakistan. Besides poetry, he writes

short stories and verse plays.