Quotes: Diamantine Advice (Part One)
Originally written in Balochi by: Saeed Sahil
Translated into English by: Uzair Mehr
Introduction:
Saeed Sahil
is a prolific Balochi poet, translator, critic, and writer. He was born in
Karachi in 24 October, 1984. He is illustriously notable in the realm of
Balochi literature for his meritorious contributions. It was 1998, when he initially
embarked on his literary journey. He is keen of poetry and literature since his
childhood. His main literary domains are poetry, criticism, translation, short
story writing. He has written a myriad of literary oeuvres on miscellaneous
topics both prose and poetry including Balochi language script, the art and
techniques of poetry, translation, literary criticism, book reviews, and in
poetry, Ghazals, prose poetry, haikus, as well as poems respectively.
Being
bestowed with a multifaceted knack, Saeed is a master of peerless diction,
wordsmith of spacious imagery, carrying a command on an ample vocabulary. His
emotions woven in words promptly permeate in his readers’ mind and heart,
instigating a turmoil and rumination simultaneously.
He has been indefatigably
working for the promotion and development of his native language Balochi and
literature with an unwavering commitment over 20 years.
He is also
equally proficient in Urdu language. Having written several poetries and
translating a novel into Urdu, Saeed has proven his elan and fervor for Urdu
literature as well.
He has authored 3 splendid books so far which
are:
1. Mehr ‘O Hamrahi [The Love and companionship]
(Balochi Novel of
Ghani Parwaz translated it into Urdu which was published by Khalid Printers in
2013.)
2. Abetke’n Malguzar [The Gloomy Meadow]
(Balochi poetry
book which was published by Ilm O Adab Publisher Urdu Bazar, Karachi in 2018.)
3. Arjale’n Panth [The Diamantine Advice]
(Balochi Quotations Book which was published by Institute of
Balochia in 10 October, 2020.)
Besides
being a writer of par excellence, he is also fervently active in digital world especially
in WhatsApp as an admin of Balochi learning group helping and encouraging numerous
newbie and novice writers to efficiently and effectively learn to read and
write correct Balochi, be acquainted with one’s own history, tradition and
culture.
It is heartening
to see, and harbinger of hope for all of us that, Sahil can still give
tremendous contributions to Balochi language, and keep up such commendable jobs
in future as well.
I wish him
all the best in his unfering literary pursuits ahead.
May Balochi
language invariably thrive abloom.
Happy
reading Diamantine Quotes!
Uzair Mehr
Writer and translator
1-3-2021
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Quotes
1.
“Be
content. You will certainly receive the consequences of your good or bad deeds
but on time.”
2.
“Hot
and cold, wet and dry endure every circumstance. Live the life but don’t trade
the life.”
3.
“He
swindled you then swindled me, and will also swindle others. He is accustomed
to swindling.”
4.
“Excess
of everything bores a person even the knowledge.”
5.
“Don’t
see the success of others but realize your own failure you will be successful.”
6.
“The
ill-wisher of a father will not be the well-wisher of a son.”
7.
“Deeming oneself overly knowledgeable than
one’s knowledge also poses a man in the dark room of ignorance.”
8.
“Realize
the mistakes of the past, change the life in present, future will be
embellished.”
9.
“Ponder
well!
In the chess of life,
If your soldiers are slain,
The destiny will be overthrown,
Throne will be broken,
Kingdom will finish.”
10. The
Companion
“When I believed, I was deceived.
Along with me, you were also deceived. I understood that I was deceived. You
should also understand that you were deceived.”
11.
“Behind every twinkling star, there lies a
dark story.”
12.
“Sweet, bitter, unripe. No endeavor goes
fruitless.”
13.
“When two colors blend together, a new color
will be created. Beware and refrain yourself.”
14.
“There is far difference between articulating
a task and accomplishing it.”
15.
“Don’t waste the time; keep it in the grasp
because the time doesn’t keep you in the grasp and you will be wasted.”
16.
“It is not a great deed to wipe off your own
tears, wipe off the tears of a dejected person, then you have surely subdued
the world.”
17.
“No matter what the circumstances will be;
good or bad. They will certainly change the life.”
18.
“The foe of a father will not be the friend of
a son.”
19.
“You yourself made me a fire, now endure my
heat.”
20.
“Life is an ardent package of memories. It
gives excruciating pain if you open it and sets you afire and uneasy if you
don’t open it.”
21.
“The wicked person was a righteous soul in
your eyes when he harmed me. When he harmed yourself, then the very righteous
person became a wicked soul.”
22.
The Solution
“Unity and union are the solution of
every problem.”
23.
The Consciousness
“If the consciousness of the associate
staggers in the turbulent journey of life, the destination gets distant
indeed.”
24.
The Prison
“If a father happens to be apathetic
to his children, so the result of those children will be a hellish prison.”
25.
“The meritorious achievements are fruit of
impeccable thoughts.”
26.
The Vanity
“The vanity thrusts a man from the
apex of fame to the abyss of infamy.”
27.
The Destination
“The malicious and spiteful person
never reaches to his desired destination.”
28.
The House
“The house where seniors are not
venerated, that house will be set aflame like a hell.”
29.
Feeling
“I can’t attain an accomplishment
for you people. However, I can ignite your slumberous feelings that you only
have to know the responsibility of your nation, country and language.
30.
The leadership
“They have said themselves that come
and lead us. I kept leading them. As I looked back in the halfway, so I saw
that all of them are disappeared.”
31.
Igneous words
“After my death, these igneous words
parch my soul that Sahil had lived his life under the shade of fear.”
32.
The Place
“I couldn’t get a place on your feet let alone in your head and eyes.”
Arjale’n Panth [The Diamantine Advice]
(Balochi Quotations Book which was published by Institute of Balochia in 10 October, 2020.)
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