"My Baby sleeps without food..
O'Allah, give her courage,
To tide over the lies that come in barrage
And let the truth find its way to fulfill her suffrage.."

Neither Happy Nor Sad..

‪Neither happy nor sad, not anymore‬
To be either is like embracing a claymore,
It's but a trance  and one must endure
Laughter or dismay is not the answer,
To be immune to such upheavals
Is key to the eternal elements,
Shun these robes and  become transparent
Embrace Serenity, the only relevant.

(Khan, BA)
12/06/2018

My Everyday is a Mothers Day,
My Everyday is a Fathers Day..
My Everyday is a Daughters Day..
My Everyday is a Sisters day..
My Everyday is a Sons day..
My Everyday is a Great day..
I am a father, a son, a brother and all of above all in one.

(Khan, BA)
(First posted on FB on 17/07/2018)

long time back I saw you here,
Your beauty amazing and just like your attire,
I tried to capture you on a canvas here,
But your beauty stopped my brush painting further"

(By Khan, BA (c) Dec 8th, 2017)

Forgive me my love, I beg of thee..
Often I forget to love you, myself so unworthy,
Even when I am away from you..
It is that I am in love with you,
Is there any niche where You may not be
All is yours and everywhere is Thee
So how is it that I am not with you,
Forgive me my love, I beg of thee
Often I forget to love you, myself so unworthy.

(Khan,BA)
12th June,2018

This world is a cage..
That is what says the sage,
It is a big big charm..
And taketh man to the greatest of harm,
What to you appears real..
Is just pure plain evil,
Once kissed by its lips..
It is difficult to leave its pits,
And when Adam slipped and fell..
He couldn't dwell,
In the Eternal Home of His Master..
Promise broken with such disaster,
Only one way to be back on the road..
Just follow the love that  lovers load,
It is lonely and may appear to have a bend..
But that is there to mend,
The lonely traveler of love..
Once there with your love,
There all is just none can tell..
It is ecstatic and oh beautiful,
So be on your way..
While there is still time left to pray."

(Khan, BA)

A walk in the woods while holding your hand
And me adoring you with your given garland,
And putting those primroses in floating whorls
While watching your beauty with radiant smiles,
And then music from the flowing stream
You playing its harp and me its tune,
All around this beauty that glows from you
And those who travel this far, so very few,
This peaceful calm is A part of the lace,
In and around everywhere is your grace.

(Khan, BA)

‪"This very evening I had a sip..‬
From this stuff that you call dew,
As it kissed my dry lips
I knew it was known to only few,
For you it may have been askew..
But to me it was the eternal brew."
(Khan, BA)

Hafiz of Shiraj
Kept a fast to be with the Creator,
Not till Attar handed him the cup of nectar,
And lo Hafiz of Shiraj
Beheld lover of lovers, the Creator of All.

(by: Khan, BA)

"The words do not come always,
And the pen is out of ink sometimes,
I do not write poetry everyday,
But when the ink is wet and pen primed,
They let the clouds burst in their own way"

(Khan BA)

"Here idiots are advisors and fools at the helm of affairs,
Here dogs attire in human clothes and heavy  golden rings,
Here telling the truth is sin among highest of the sins,
Here I became a mute after watching  idiots talk like dust bins"

(Khan, BA)

"Give me the wings,
         to fly over the horizon..
To see beyond,
         to see the unseen."


(by: Khan, BA)

Khan BA Sep 2017
To My Friend...

"Me down in the lofty bed
As back is feeling like cold lead,
My faithful wife of so many years,
Comforts me best like yester years,
Though she herself is frail & slim,
But her courage is like that of a Hollywood film,
She is the best that I could get,
Otherwise who would take such a bet,
To love a fool of truthful days,
And a being so careless in worldly ways.
I am always thankful to HIM"
HE knows best to run this Realm "

(By: Khan, BA)

‪Come let's live by the blue brook‬
Makes our dreams true as in the Holy Book,
With stars keeping vigil above
And meadows listening with patient glow,
The song you & me will sing
The words known to the few of the ring,
If such be the beauty of the Creator
I gladly sing his lovely prayer.

(Khan, BA)

I come a long way from those dreams,
I had dreamed but never got  streamed
How I longed for the pretty face
And the dancing girl in red lace
Ah those rides on hot bikes
And the singing with liquid vices
The winds truned and then time churned
And one day I woke up all burned
All was gone  save the face of One Learned
And he made me look in those deep eyes
Suddenly I felt naked and without any ties
With just two words he set me  on fire
That changed all and started an unseen pyre
No more fretting and no more desires
Serenity is this that you may say
But to me I am nothing and that is the way
No more I, only He everyway
All is Him... no more to say.

(Khan, BA)

A Picture

‪"I like to paint the picture of you in my heart..‬
‪But try as I might I can't play this part,‬
‪I an't no artist, nor I have this art..‬
‪The brush just trembles to play its part,‬
‪So all I can do is to sing your song..‬
‪That you taught me word by word all along"‬

‪(Khan, BA)‬
Twitter 22-03-20 (11-50pm)

Rain Drops..


“These rain drops keep falling on my head,
As I write these words to tell you my friend,
I ain’t no poet nor a man who takes poetry to bed,
But a simple being who believes that this whole world is his friend!”

(BA Khan)

Everyday the buds fall
In my Garden oh I am mother of them all,
Among the rubble that covers my *****
The spilled blood creating a chasm,
The welling orbs and sealed lips
Telling a tale of alien's whip,
How long I have to bear this gore
O' Lord, be my savior, I can't take it anymore.

(Khan,BA)

What is around is not real,
And what is real is in and around,
If you want to see the real
Come let you dwell inside.

(Khan, BA)

Along the Way...
To walk together along the way,
To sing our song along the way,
And face the devil head-on along the way,
It is pact from the beginning anyway.
Only cowards finish it half the way,
And finish the final line on the way,
Is the beginning of the eternal day.!
Tug along my friend on this way,
And truth will shine within thee on the way,
Till then pace the heart and nourish your soul along the way,
Glory be to the one who showed me the way,
O' Sheikh Ali is the one whose amber is on this way.

(By: Khan, BA)

Wine?

Sure, wine has been tasted by sages and sinners too,
And wine is from grapes, so sweet a fruit,
But the wine of sages is wine of love,
And wine of sinner is direct from Lucifer!
I do not know right and I do not know wrong,
But two sweet words of  lover’s song,
That etched an invisible flaming key hole,
That turns the fly wheel of my soul.

(By: Khan, BA) 27-09-2008

Emotions...

'”The Words come and I pen them down
Not knowing whether I am sane or being a clown,
But then they are my emotions written in rhyme
And if you call them poems, that will be fine."


(by: Khan,BA)

'Though I am a boarder
But I do not ride the border
In recluse I submit,
To HIM that is my creator."

(BA Khan)

Silly...

Some call me silly and still some bad,
I am neither but how can that hold?
I want to be away from this crowd so mad,
To be at a place where everything is just at hold,
No morning and no evening and only serenity to behold,
A dreamer's dream that every lover dreams to behold.

(By: Khan, BA)

Flowers...

There are flowers in my garden,
They are beauty par beauty,
Every morn I touch their silken lips,
Every eve I smell their adorable tips
I know they never sleep nor slumber,
For they are here to nurture the Nature,
They see things none can tell,
Yet they never do swell,
In their bloom they tell a tale,
That every gardener knows under his veil,
Their simple beauty tells us all,
Be with the One who creates this all
It is His way of showing his nature
It is all the jubilation,
No I, no we, but all His celebration.

(by: Khan, BA)

Bend in the Road..


Do you worry about the bend in the road?
And what there may be if you do behold,
But I tell you why think about it if you have taken the road,
...It only means someone else is traveling the same road.

(By: Khan, BA)

Ship..



I sail my ship with proud plume of a sail,
On seas, deep blue and often brewing fiery gale,

The bow is of steel and the deck shines like peacock’s tail,
It has its magic and pure love full in its golden grail.

Through different lands I put my furling proud white sails,
And from all ports get glances as if intended for rising gale,

Moon my friend in the lofty night with stars shining above so bright,
Together we play and sing while twinkling diamonds keep  the vigil with their light.

Our song is love that fills my heart with soothing delight,
Till dawn thrusts its golden swords with full might,

And lo a new morn comes sending the ghosts away with its shining light,
For after the dark of the night the day is always bright,

The bow may tremble with fiery gales and sails may flutter with winds so light,
But then the shore looms near and all fear is a past blight,

The sea embraces the shore as if sleeping in its core,
Gently lapping the cheeks of its sandy shores,

Time is still abroad my ship Serenity,
She is my friend and I her lone rider in tranquility,

My muses I muse on her deck at night,
While she rides on the waves high to the oceans delight,

Deep in the ocean lies the shining Golden Pearl,
Whoso ever dives deep finds it in its curl.

And then the time is no more neither ship nor shore,
Believe me my friends it is no folklore,

Thus, is the journey of Serenity,
Its name all a wise tranquility,

If you wear a necklace of love, and heart is pure as innocent dove,
You will say what has been said is not a hearsay now.

(By: Khan, BA)

Come let's build a home by the lake,
I will cherish every pie that you'll bake,
We'll have kids, grow old & fat,
Together my love till it's late.

You will sing and I will play the fiddle,
Till morning hour we will solve the riddle,
While you soak and make me sizzle,
Together my love till it's late.

Some may say that love isn't everything
But then I know they know of it nothing,
Pure as truth and infinite in everything
Love is all and nothing beyond its wings.

Come let's build a home by the lake,
I will cherish every pie that you'll bake,
Feed me your love in azure cups,
Till there is only love and nobody else.

(by: Khan, BA)

My Vale...

I love my beautiful Vale..Kashmir
That goes by the name of Rishiware
Though razed by own and aliens for unknown sake,
It has out lived them both in its wake,
Its beauty still raw and pure,
How can they answer on the judgment day dear,
Though they don’t know it yet,
The end we will see, oh yes we shall see though not yet,
My Valley will survive these brazen brutes,
Its beauty unbound will remain uncrushed,
And that day we will watch,
Tall minarets crumbling like mist in the dark,
And the man with vision will be singing,
The long forgotten liberty song

(by: Khan, BA)

Cloud


High in the sky, silently I float,
The mountains tear and shear my grace,
Torment myself, and I bring rain,
To nourish the ground, to sprout the seed.

The golden Sun and the emerald ocean,
Together they brew the magnificent potion,
Upon the azure bed with no motion
Till I prime to burst with emotion.

From whence I come, thence I go
My life is this, and happily so
All this been my destiny lo,
From whence I do not care to know...!

It is all His grace and go
That runs the Universe Mill,
I too am His insignificant till
He is All, everything His will.

(By: Khan, BA)

Father...

What is it thou says O’ Preacher.
To me it does not matter,
Bury my body or throw it in the pyre,
To me it does not matter.

I need the grace of my eternal Father,
At His feet, I lay my ****** armour,
For all belong to thee O' my Master,
I need thy grace O' my Father.

My face is wrought with sins thou forbade my Master,
I need thy grace to keep my honor,
Without it I will be a dishonor,
Bless thy grace on me O’ my eternal Father.

It is Thy speck that breaths in me,
It is Thy soul that flows through me
From the beginning to the end all is Thee,
Shower me your grace it will be honor for me.

Thou is the light that shines all around,
Thou breaths in trees and mountains and in every kind,
Thou is the beginning and the end,
At Thy feet I lay my head at the end.

(By: Khan, BA)

Embrace...

“Drop by drop the rivulet formed,
Its fragrance traveling to the oceans *****,
To embrace itself the coliseum,
And to be called Union.”


(by: Khan, BA)

Painting...

"The painting speaks thus
Of the strokes that shaped it's bust
All admire the colors and the crest
Few see the blood that colored it the best"

(By: Khan, BA)

Don't Let Me Go...

Even if this World comes to an end,
Don’t let me bend, don’t let me go,
Your ***** is my heaven, your embrace the end,
Hold me tight don’t let me go
They may say that I am mad,
Sure as can be I am, in your love
Hold me tight and don’t let me go,
Let this be till eternity.

(by: Khan, BA)

Home.

My home is where I lay my hat,
Yet this being has been around if you come to that,
Not that I don't have a home,
It is just a sweet sweet home.

(BA Khan)

Only You...

With every breath I shrug a tremor,
As he sends a shiver through my rudder,
I ask him what is my blunder,
Says he... it is like this once you surrender!

Where ever thou may settle ..shun the desire,
Make a home out of it even if it may be poor in attire.
I do not question Thee O' my Teacher,
I bow before Thee like a helpless creature."

Where there was nothing, I now see a new World,
Where there was you and me, I see only Thee unfurled.

(By:  Khan, BA)

Words..

These two words you whispered to me,
lit my inside just like a pyre.
Without any smoke and dancing flame,
Tel me what is this change, what is its name?

With every breath I breathe your name,
The breath so sweet but full of your love aflame,
It burns me down to ashes with its azure flame,
Till there is only you and your lonely name.

The words come to lips of their own,
The moment I see rose on your face,
And the fragrance sends me to lands unknown,
Such is the charm of your grace.

Stuttering bishop that I had been,
Till 'Sheikh Ali' orbed my soul with eyes so keen,
I lost my tongue and silence prevailed,
Now you see Leo as if lamb revealed.

(By: Khan, BA)

My Vale Tells a Tale...
MY POEM..

'The King Sold the Kingdom,
The Old Con sold them too,
The son made a deal,
And sold the wood and water too,
Thither came a time,
When the flock were afraid to woo,
But then they were patient with misery and woe,
The time passed and the land grew old,
The cons grew and became so bold,
They robbed the land and its treasure tow,
Treated the flock as if they were sheep and buffalo,
They still dragged and falsely bragged,
About the unworthy of their assets,
The Creator was angry for ill-treating His Gaya,
He sent His fury and all got washed up,
The cons had flown to the higher ground,
And when all was clear and Sun came up,
They emerged like tubers as if sprouted from the ground,
The Seer sees it all, with the eyes of All Seeing,
The time will come sure will come,
When all this will be undone.
We will see, surely will see,
But till then..Let them have fun."


(By: Khan,BA)

Basket Man..

I am a basket man from basket town,
These baskets I weave are fresh from my oven,
In them you'll see my strength and blood,
For I have put my everything in their cloud,
You don't heed my words anymore,
For now you are asleep like before,
God has given me this way to live,
Why should I complain when it is His give,
So let us not worry about mansions and palaces,
These can't be your company in eternal solace,
It is only the deeds you do,
That will speak "there" for you.

(by: Khan, BA)

"Yes I have taken grapes and I still do..
Infact they grow in my backyard too,
But then grapes do not become a brew
That is made by those around me & you"

IT..

(IT has been named many things,
but it is the same....)

Some call it yin and yang,
Some call it right and wrong,
Some call it dark and Light,
Yet some say it is left and right,
Science name it positive and negative,
Scriptures call it Heaven and hell,
Pagans say it is all spell,
And to some it is drum beat swell,
The common call it the good and the bad,
But hey ascend to the heights,
And sure, there is no more shell!


(By: Khan, BA)

Love...

I wait for a glimpse of your grace,
And tide the night with open eyes,
Come my love hold me in your embrace,
Till eternity we will be together.

(by: Khan, BA)

Single Sin...

Ten thousand rouges and a single sin,
Till I met my beholden Kin,
And then there were no more rouges and no more sin,
Only me and my faithful Kin.

(by: Khan, BA)

Same...

What all poets did say was one and the same..
Some said it with love and some with pain,
The words though different, the attire same,
The parlance different but riding the same mane.

(by: Khan, BA)

My Beloved...

My love is my beloved...
Rest is nothing just visions cloud..
He flames my longing like unseen pyre
And burns me down with his desire,
What am I does it matter..?
Everything is Him and He everywhere
My beloved my love
This desire too is your attire..

(by: Khan, BA)

They..

Crawling dogs following twisted souls,
Making merry not knowing why,
Having curry, cooked from brother’s blood,
For they all belong to the Lucifer’s guild.

How come, how will they know the righteous path,
In their veins runs Lucifer’s drink with wrath,
Beware thee O’ knowing one,
The veils of Lucifer are thousand and one!

I pray to thee O' my Lord,
Keep me away from the fury of this lot,
And show me the way to serenity of my God,
And this prayer be answered O my Lord!  

(by: Khan, BA)

Rose


This thorny Rose in my garden,
So beautiful that myself gets torn,
Its arched petals tell the words forbidden,
And the fragrance bespeaks of its beauty hidden,
The bough that bears it weight is never mistaken,
That it has a priceless gem for a crown,
Every day I touch it and it stings me with its thorn,
But the beauty I adore shields the pain,
I admire the bough that nourishes the beauty uncompare,
It buried itself to bear such priceless lovely sapphire.

(by: Khan, BA)

Wish of a Young Bird..

I dare not touch the sky, O' mother,
But please teach me just to fly...
There are lands beyond the hills to cover,
And many oceans to glide over.
To feel the wind ripple through my flaxen hair,
And white clouds glide by my rudder...
So Please teach me just to fly,
Even though I dare not touch the Sky.

(By: Khan, BA)

New Year

Look around they say Happy New Year,
To the Sage the hour does not matter,
The wind blows and the Sun shines the same,
And to be friends with his friend is the happiest of his game.

(BA Khan)..30.12.2008

I hear the whisper of your tread,
When morning dew soaks your lace,
I breath the fragrance of your grace,
As your hair glide over the morning breeze.
I smile ,my heart leaps a beat,
O’ The wait is over, it is a festive treat,
Lo’ My love is here with me again.