http://www.rahmanbaba-poetry.com Mon, 11 Oct 2010 22:05:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Explosions cannot destroy the Vision of tolerance and love promoted by the mystical poet Rahman Baba. [caption id="attachment_271" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Progress in reconstructing the Mazaar"]                                                                                                                         [/caption] Here is a picture taken at the site in June. The foundations are dug and the building is about to begin. May his vision be rebuilt ... http://www.rahmanbaba-poetry.com/reconstruction-begins.htm I was just in the Pashto academy in Peshawar today, looking at their collection of original manuscripts of the Diwan - hand written in different scripts. This version caught my eye, as one of the most beautiful ones. What do you think? Who can send a translation into English? http://www.rahmanbaba-poetry.com/which-version-of-the-diwan-is-the-most-beautiful.htm Rahmans Mazar Blown up http://www.rahmanbaba-poetry.com/damage.htm Most people in the NWFP think that Rahman looked something like this picture below: [caption id="attachment_213" align="aligncenter" width="150" caption="Traditional Rahman"][/caption] Of course we don't really know what he looked like. Maulana Bijili Gar says that he looked in the tomb and saw him when they moved his grave to the new mazar. ... http://www.rahmanbaba-poetry.com/looks.htm Where have you seen poetry of Rahman used? Here are couplets on the ceiling of a restaurant. I have seen the poems on the back of donkey carts and on school noticeboards. Where else do his verses get written? If you can find somewhere that his poetry is written near where you live take a ... http://www.rahmanbaba-poetry.com/where.htm In February 2008 the poetry of Rahman Baba translated into English by Sampson and Khan was used on stage in Canada in the short opera The Translator. The new opera was part of an innovative series hosted by the Harbourfront Centre, Toronto. Leanna Brodie’s opera, put to music by ... http://www.rahmanbaba-poetry.com/oper.htm I will send a free copy of the Sow Flowers booklet to the person making the best translation of this popular verse in praise of Rahman's wisdom: د رحمان وينا به هله در په ياد شي چې دې يو دېوال ته مخ بل ته دې شاه شي Post your translation here. Imdad. http://www.rahmanbaba-poetry.com/translation-competition.htm که يو څاڅکے اوبه تږى لره ورکړې د دوزخ او ستا تر مينځ به شى دريا If you give a drop of water to the thirsty, It will become a river between you and hell. http://www.rahmanbaba-poetry.com/couplet-of-the-month.htm I haven't been the Mazar since it was damaged, and I'm wondering what it looks like now. Has anyone been there lately and describe the damage to me? http://www.rahmanbaba-poetry.com/how-much-damage.htm These are photos from Associated Press, taken the day after the bombing of the shrine. http://www.rahmanbaba-poetry.com/pictures.htm