FIRST YEAR (POETRY BOOK III)

NOTES ON STANZA WRITING
(By: Prof. Saleem Parvez , Faisalabad)

14- MY NEIGHBOUR FRIEND BREATHING HIS LAST
REFRENCE: These lines have been taken from the poem, “My Neighbor Friend Breathing His Last” by Bullah Shah and translated by A.R. Luther.
CONTEXT: The poet’s friend who is also his neighbor is living this world. The poet is greatly shocked at it. His companions too are ready to bid him farewell. There are cries and shrieks everywhere. He is unable to understand what to do.
EXPLANATION: In these lines the poet says that,
Bullah Shah is a holy saint. His poetry is charged with mystic color. He says that death is the great reality of this world. Everything is mortal in this world except God’s love. It is love of God that can give us strength to bear the loss of our friends and relatives.