Classic poem of the day
Fain would I kiss my Julia's dainty Leg,
Which is as white and hair-less as an egge.
Member poem of the day
These are English translations of Urdu poems by Jaun Elia, who has been called the "poet of pain." Syed Sibt-e-Asghar Naqvi (1931-2002), more commonly known as Jaun Elia, was a Pakistani Urdu poet, philosopher, biographer, and scholar. A child prodigy, he began writing poetry at age eight but didn't published his first poetry collection, Shayad, until age sixty.
I am strange—so strange
that I self-destructed and don't regret it.
―Jaun Elia, loose...