IMPORTANT WORKS:

• Ghazlein, Dohey, Geet (Lyrics)
• La Hasel(Lyrics)
• Insaan (Poem, Drama)
• More than half a dozen travelogues
• Weekly column in the Daily "Jang" for 38 years

HONOURS:

• President's Award for Pride of Performance
• Hilal -e- Imtiaz , the second highest award in Pakistan
• Sant Kabir Award of World Urdu Conference
• International Annual Award of Canadian Academy of Urdu Language and Literature

I had set my sights
On the distant horizon,
But on the way
I found your door.

Only I share
The lamp's anguish ;
Other moths love
Only the light.

Listen my child,
Learn the style of the storm:
Help raise the lowly plants,
But fell towering trees.

If you are all true saints,
Then I am a saint as well:
A poor lonely sinner like me
Can't remain ashamed forever.

Islands of memories
Rose from the sea of life.
Scattered on these islands are
Pebbles, pearls and diamonds.

After creating his masterpiece,
He was so surprised and pleased
That God forgot to add kindness
To your pretty little heart.

In this world,
You cannot set a destination;
As soon as you reach one,
Another appears on the horizon.

- translated by Prof. Ralph Russell