Ashes to Ashes - jalo aur jalao

photo- rumana husain

flare glares
burns, rages
kehti hay jalo jalao
jalo aur jalaofire prostrating

to clay, as

satan twirls
moustaches

this is not the ire of rome
nor the liquid rave
that separated noah
beware for He is father
of all fire, fury and furor
merciful, graceful
wrathful, unforgiving

maloom hay humaiN
yeh aag nahiN bajooz oos aag kay
jo kisi aanay walay lumhay maiN
sub aalamouN ko chupa laigi
apnay shikanja e zeest maiN

her smile a glimpse
of the promised
inferno
big bang beginning
of molten passion petrified

heaven's rage
creative, consuming
enraged we bow

flare glares
burns, rages
kehti hay jalo jalao
jalo aur jalao