That book fair it was..

That book fair it was

Where I met books
From east and from west,
Books with faces,
Books with emotions
Books that tell tales
Book that laughs aloud
That book fair it was

Meeting people
Meeting thoughts
Meeting hands
Meeting eyes
Some smiling
Some searching
That book fair it was

Thoughts lost in thoughts
Minds lost in minds
Searching nothing but books
Turning pages, noting books
Asking favorites, asking prices
Carrying in hands, purse or trolleys
That book fair it was

Releasing books, releasing thoughts
Infecting thoughts, moving thoughts
Reflecting thought, evolving thoughts
Spreading thoughts, encouraging thoughts
Sitting thought moving thoughts
Thoughts on shelves, thoughts in hands
Thoughts by seeing, reading and writing
That book fair it was..

Thought, created, wrote and bounded words
Year to year, architect*, wrote the words
Wishing his people to read and write
Something likes of Him, from Him
Encouraged His nation and other alike
His was ‘For Love of the written Word’
He created a fair of all the fairs
That book fair it was.

* H.H. Sheikh Dr Sultan Bin Mohammed Al Qasimi –
(Cultural Architect)

We meet again..

We meet again..

Lets try meeting
Beyond politics and
Beyond money, somewhere
Its more spiritual,
A little more calm
Talks of piety, of
Benefit to us and others
Some talk of ghazali
Some talk of rumi
Into stars of hawking
Into cup of Ghalib
Some iqbal with ‘Jawab’
Some sultan with culture
Into books of enlightment
Into lanes of creative arts
Let there be some chai,
Let there be some briyani
Into the atmosphere
Of hunger of mind and body
Lets meet under stars
Lets meet on seas,
Ask few questing
Answer few more
And keep some for
Other days, when
We meet again..