LOST STAR
By: G.Allana
Poet: G.Allana is an eminet poet of pakistan. He is not only a poet but also a well
known politician and philosopher. His poetry is full full of mysticism. His love for
spiritually is vivid in his poem.
Theme: This poem is based on the idea that basic aim in the life is to get spiritually
and it will come only through the utmost submission to God.
Style: The poem "Lost star" consists of five stanzas. Each stanza has different
number of lines. In the first stanza third line is rhyming with the fourth. While
second and third stanzas are rhymed. In fourth stanza third line is rhyming with the
third. As he is a mystic poet so where poem is full of mystic idea.
Language: The language of the poem is not so simple. Words used in the poem
are difficult but easy to understand and convey the idea of poet very marvellously.
Conclusion: Poet has imparted his emotions and ideas to the readers very
successfully. The poem possesses a different kind of melody. Language of the poem
enhance its beauty. This poem can be called the glimps of the all work of G.Allana.
THE LOST STAR
(G.A.Allana)
Q1. Why the poet G.A.Allana says in his poem “The Lost Star” that
our forefathers were superior to all the creatures?
Ans. The poet Ghulam Ali Allana tells his readers about the dignity and greatness of our
ancestors. He also tells about the downfall of the present age. Our forefathers had done great
jobs and they deserved the title of being superior to the rest of the world. They had the fear of
God and the world was a minor thing for them.
Q2. Why the poet says that we have lost our past dignity and became
insignificant?
Ans. According to the poet, we have lost our past dignity and became insignificant creature
because we have forgotten the teachings of our forefathers and the way in which they led their
life. We have no fear of our Creator and indulged in this ordinary world.
Q.3 What is the theme of The Lost Star?
Man is a unique creation. God has set a sense of eternity in our hearts, and that sense of timeless
destiny can only find its fulfillment in God Himself. The man without God is spiritually dead;
when his physical life is over, he faces eternal separation from God. When a man falls into a
habit to argue with the truth and tries to refute or doubt the irrefutable, he blurs the whole
reality in his mind. That’s where he loses his way. The whole sacred structure of reality seems to
demolish before his eyes. He completely loses his way to eternity. In this poem, the man knows
that he possessed the Godly powers before. As soon as he fell for doubt or argument, he has lost
his status as the superior being amongst all creations. He is conscious of the fact that now he
belongs to damned race. He has the ultimate urge to find the way to the reality.
Q.4 What does G. Allana see in the mirror of eternity?
OR
What did G. Allana hold in the grip of his fingers?
The poet knows that he was small in the beginning. Then the idea of God emerges in his heart
with eternal immensity. When the poet sees itself with the conscious light which was given by
the God, he sees that the whole world exists in him. Uncountable cities and deserts exist within
him with full force. Cities and deserts are the metaphors of good and bad; beautiful and ugly
respectively. The whole of life seems to spark in the mind of the poet and he recognizes
everything in its own respect. He thinks of himself larger than the universe in which many
galaxies shine brightly. All these things and beings are being held in the grip of poet’s fingers.
Q.5 What reply is received by G. Allana from the inner self?
OR
What does G. Allana feel about his existence in this world?
As the poet demolishes his very own spiritual existence, he loses his way. His inner self-refuses
to recognize him as a superior being. He finds himself as completely stranger even to himself,
belongs to the race of damned ones. Spiritually he finds himself dead and completely forgotten.
His intellect wanders in the worlds he doesn’t know. His inner self is still in a strong urge to find
the light for his lost star. Lost star is the very essence of his being which he loses in the way of
so-called rationality and in arguing with his God.
Q6 Why is G. Allana in search of sacred light or heavenly power?
G. Allana is in search of enlightenment or renaissance of his being a complete human being and man of
God as he was once. This sacred light or heavenly power is actually that lost star to him of which he has
lost the light. He considers himself completely lost without this light. He has lost his status as greater
being in this world though he mastered the science and gained all the material comfort. It happened
then, that he had lost himself in materialism. Unknowingly, these material thoughts snatched everything
from him which is good. He thought of himself amongst the damned ones. The good thing is that he
knows the very fact of his disillusionment. Now he is looking forward to that sacred light to show him
the right path.
