Classic Poetry Series
Rasul Mir
- poems -
Publication Date:
2012
Publisher:
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Rasul Mir(1820 - 1870)
Rasool Mir (Kashmiri: ???? ???, ???? ???) was one of the leading Kashmiri poets
of the 19th century. Was born at Dooru Shahabad, a historic town in Anantnag
district of Jammu and Kashmir. He has been titled as keats of kashmir for his
powerful romantic poetry but at times he mingles with mysticism.
He decended from a family of zamindars who used to be village heads at Doru.
Now government has laid a beautiful lawn and tomb at mir's graveyard.
Rasul Mir, that skilled decanter of love, has a raging controversy shrouding his
age. The local traditions recorded in 1940’s of by Ab Ahad Azad, spoke of a death
in his prime. Folk history has it that, Mahmood Gani predicted his youthful death
(Amis Chhi jan-h-margi handi koder). His poetry, its fervent youthfulness, its
vibrant tenor, its tone of hearty yearning, its pristine emotions, all point to a
poet, untouched by the cares of decaying age. Rasul Mir was said to have been
alive in 1855 AD when Mahmood Gani passed away and died a few years before-
Maqbool Shah Kralawari (d.1874). Accordingly his demise was reckoned between
1867-1870). Rasul Mir was thus said to have lived between 1820s and 1870s.
Mr. Teng in his Kuliyati Rasul Mir, refers to a document, in revenue records at
Anantnag, which bears the signature of Rasul Mir, as Nambardar and is dated 5th
of April 1889. On this basis, Rasool may have lived into the last decade of 19th
is as close to factual certainity as researches have gotten to.
For the rest, there is his poetic legacy, and, ah again oral traditions. Oral
traditions say, Rasul Mir was tall, handsome fair complexioned person, and
sported moustaches that tapered far into the face. He was graceful, fashionable
fellow, with a youthful heart that throbbed with love, love, and lots of love.
Yi chho Rasul Mir Shahabad Doo-rey
Tami chho trov-mut lo-la du-kaan
Yi-vu aash-qow che-vu tor-re tor-rey
Mai chho moor-rey la-la-vun naar.
This is Rasul Mir, at Shahabad, Doru. He has opened a love-kiosk. Come ye
lovers, drink free cup.
Love’s fire burns me deep
Love, is the waft and whoop, the craft and creed of Rasul Mir(He lived love, sang
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love, and lives for his love-ful passion). Love, the first strings of human heart
that present the whole universe as an undulating poem. Love is the creed,
beloved is the god and lyrics rush forth in bubbling streams to worship the deity.
Singing, sighing and singing again they cascade over the expanses of life, in
undating it in its fervor.
Ze-h posha tu-l-i maeni aashq-a mas-jid
husn imam ta-th
Tsa-ae bae-ng-i shu-baan mokh-ta-e da-ae
Ch-e-i yous-faen-i chae-lee
My Loves’ mosque, is an edifice of just two petals, Love is the preist there, Ye
pearly one art the caller there, Ye, who hath the Yousef’s grace. Mir’s beloved is
grace personi fied Zeh posha tu-l (two petals, mere) the being of his, object of
love, is characteristic of Rasul Mir’s’ dainty love.
Love, flowers, passion and fragrance, the eternal inciters of life and beauty, are a
recurring motiff in his poetry.
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Boeti No Yeh Dooreur Chonuai Zarai
Rasul Mir
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Bride's Robes
Bride's robes, would suit thee well,
Ye, my beloved of short years
Thy braids of hair, thy ear rings
peep from beneath the gossamer cover
Rasul Mir
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Come Let Us Be Friends
Come let us be friends, ye lovely beauty,
listen to my laments, oh Henzi,
come to see the mela and,
we shall roam through Telbal.
Rasul Mir
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Don'T Unveil The Face
Don't unveil the face,
Don't glitter the scene.
Don't try to test my race,
The race not in reign.
Rasul Mir
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For Her Hennaed Naib I'Ll Give
For her hennaed naib I'll give,
pot-fuls of blood from under my throat,
that tall beloved of mine,
is attired in robes of scent Rasul.
Mir is crying his heart, away,
far in Dooru, oh love
Rasul Mir
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He Is Angry, Him I'Ll Chase
He is angry, him I'll chase,
by collor I'll catch hold of him
on dooms day, I'll hold thee by thy robe;
without thee, here I die
Rasul Mir
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How Graceful The Swans Neck Of Henziyani Looks
How graceful the swans neck of henziyani looks,
spare her from evil eyes, my Lord,
Thy bounty, that won't lessen,
O God, Lo, the love goes on a frolic outing.
Rasul Mir
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I Am All Ashake, I May Die
I am all ashake, I may die
my heart's wish has seen no fulfillment
that lovely, pleasing, my heart throb
he hasn't come, ah Dear!
Rasul Mir
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I'Ll Look For You At Veernag
I'll look for you at Veernag,
in the garb of an unknown mendicent,
at Pooli, cheeni-gund,
Drengi. Give me a glimpse, Kongi
Rasul Mir
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Jasmine, Iris Narcissus Too
Jasmine, Iris narcissus too,
looking at thee have withered away
Thine eyes are black, face is red
and robes are of the whitest hue
Rasul Mir
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Like A Tulip, My Robe I'Ll Rent
Like a tulip, my robe I'll rent,
and come forth;
O Padmani, I'm thy loved,
infamed by my love
Rasul Mir
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Like An Ivy Caught In Violets
Like an Ivy caught in violets,
a full moon trapped by pythons two;
or a beauty of China
wearing the sacred thread
Rasul Mir
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Loves Fire Bored Into The Poppy
Loves fire bored into the poppy,
the moment they he-nnaed hands it saw.
The wild rose is nursing
its boils from burning, dear
Rasul Mir
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My Beloved Is But Two And A Half Petals
My beloved (Posh-a-mal) is but two and a half petals;
lo, the gay love goes out to frolic.
Go ye my friend, fetch my lover here, A Jasmine,
I have woven garlands for him
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My Heart Is Not The Love One
My heart is not the love one, caged in that love
This is way, the path through which,
not one but two worlds've gone
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My Heart You Stole
My heart you stole,
and left me a maiden.
With a blot in Ashes
I'll smear myself
and wander away,dear
Thee I'll hold by neck,
and squeuster away in heart
ike robe I'll cling
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My Heart You'Ve Taken
My heart you've taken, trap not my body,
O beautiful Shama, expose me not to.....
I look for you at Veernag through Ram Nagri
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My Love, Spurn Not This Padmani
My love, spurn not this Padmani,
now for another occasion is not meet.
My primal mate, my word I won't break.
How much shall I bear, ye pretender
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My Loves' Mosque
My Loves' mosque, is an edifice of just two petals,
Love is the preist there,
Ye pearly one art the caller there,
Ye, who hath the Yousef's grace.
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My Wise Lover Is Enchanted
My wise lover is enchanted;
whence gone, how'd I know'
He is Yousef, himself is Zulaikhah;
a lover he is undo his self, my dear.
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O' Livest In All The Traglies
O' livest in all the traglies,
gazing at red hands.
drank the cup of all woes,
keeping alive all desires.
Rasul Mir
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Rasul, Even Though You Are Infamous For Your Love
Of Tulip Lips
Rasul, even though you are infamous for your love of tulip lips,
be happy, for seldom do the lovers complain of thy in-attention.
Love was the task to which Rasul applied himself with abandon.
Love, and beloved, a total world, with neither time nor space for the mundane.
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Rasuls, Knows Thy Locks And Looks
Rasuls, knows thy locks and looks
is a fine faith.
How'd he know what is kufur,
and what Islam, dear.
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That Face Is The Kaaba Of Beauty
That face is the kaaba of beauty,
her lashes layered over and over.
In the path of love,
it is meet to bow to those two brows
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This Is Rasul Mir, At Shahabad, Doru.
This is Rasul Mir, at Shahabad, Doru.
He has opened a love-kiosk.
Come ye lovers, drink free cup.
Love's fire burns me deep
Rasul Mir
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This New Volume
This new volume
Rasul has sung in thy pang,
who’ dare to rebut come,
hand me another cup’
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This New Volume
This new volume
Rasul has sung in thy pang,
who' dare to rebut come,
hand me another cup'
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This Sepration Srom Thee My Love!
This sepration from Thee my Love!
I can't withstand.
Helpless you made me,
I may perish in this grief.
Love enter this dwelling,
I shall lock the doors.
Without you,i am extinguished and
Thrown out from this dwelling of love.
I may perish in this grief.
O My saaki you made me oblivious of my existence,
Now tell me whom have thee brefriended?
How could they be prettier than me Love?
listen I may perish in this grief.
In darkness, the pearl seller told me straight truth
The real Pearl lies hidden in a stone only.
Listen love, i may perish in this grief.
(Translation from Kashmiri by a K Mota)
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Veer-Nag, I'Ll Go To Usher Thee
Veer-nag, I'll go to usher thee,
Thy brow I'll deck in flowers of Acha-bal
Yeh, vine I'll twins thee to my breast
come ye kasturi, don't roam the meadows free
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When Count Is Taken Of Thy Braids
When count is taken of thy braids,
lacs of fortnights it'll take.
Once begun there is no escape from there.
Lo, the gay love goes out to frolic
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White Are The Robes, My Kamdev Wears
White are the robes, my Kamdev wears.
His brow is adorned in flowers red,
His path, I'd take in drunken stupor,
go, tell my love of my pangs
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Would He Grace In The Balcony
Would he grace in the balcony,
or sit in the painted room' Arise,
my friend, spread his bed.
I ask for little, but to lay be his side.
Tell, my friend why didn't he come
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Ye Tulip Faced, Thee I'D Hold
Ye tulip faced, thee I'd hold
by neck to heal my pain sans thee,
Rasul the flower bed,
is a thorny seat for me
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You Stay Away, My Angry Love
You stay away, my angry love,
and here I sink from senses dear;
My tears flow and wash all kajal from my eyes dear
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