#dark academia pakistan

[mehreenkhan]

Are we what we do with time, or are we what time does with us?

Mahmoud Darwish

[dastur-e-ishq]

اصل وفا تو محبوب کی غیر موجودگی میں ہی ظاہر ہوتی ہے۔

true loyalty is only revealed in beloved’s absence.

[maihonhassan]

i love 𝐔𝐫𝐝𝐮 because instead of saying "My schedule is swamped" you say "Kuch kaam hain apni marzi ke, kuch kaam faqat majboori hain, phir waqt bohat hi thora hai aur saare kaam zaroori hain."

[desi-academic]

A love letter to Lahore

[sufiiiiiiii]

Ek guzarish hamari bhi….

Woh humsafar Tha~ Qurratulain Baloch🤌🏻

@thecelestialgirll Koshish ki hai 🙏

[thee-wild-child]

Old city aesthetics! ✨

Walled city of Lahore

[uran-tashtari]

Grave of Asaf-ud-Daula under a canopy inside his Imambara, Lucknow, 18th century.

A contemporary view of the same place

[desigrrrl]

— Faiz Ahmed Faiz, My Heart, Fellow Traveler (translated by Waqas Khwaja)

[mangoslixes]

the Three of Witches, the first in a series of 40 drawings that Natasha describes as “an exploration of the facets of the divine feminine and stages of life,” as well as “all these different fragments of my psyche and personality”. Each drawing forms an oracle card in a new deck titled Motherwitch, which she’s since spent three years producing and includes a guidebook for exploring the meanings and interpretations behind the imagery, accompanied by a collection of other visual and sonic artworks.

Natasha hopes people will read and use the deck – in a way that is open to whatever “hidden realms or mysteries of their own imaginations” might present themselves. “To me, that’s intrinsic in the creative process… opening up the channels to the collective unconscious, being receptive to muses or inspiration. Being quiet, listening, being inquisitive.” She suggests people could use the deck as a way of getting to know themselves better, to work through an issue, or even to work through a project that’s stuck. Readers can explore what messages and resonances they individually find in the deck, using the guidebook for clarity.

on Natasha Khan

[stfu-gurl]

مجھ سے پہلی سی محبت مری محبوب نہ مانگ

مجھ سے پہلی سی محبت مری محبوب نہ مانگ

میں نے سمجھا تھا کہ تو ہے تو درخشاں ہے حیات

تیرا غم ہے تو غم دہر کا جھگڑا کیا ہے

تیری صورت سے ہے عالم میں بہاروں کو ثبات

تیری آنکھوں کے سوا دنیا میں رکھا کیا ہے ؟

تو جو مل جائے تو تقدیر نگوں ہو جائے

یوں نہ تھا ، میں نے فقط چاہا تھا یوں ہو جائے

اور بھی دکھ ہیں زمانے میں محبت کے سوا

راحتیں اور بھی ہیں وصل کی راحت کے سوا

[mehreenkhan]

Desi love languages

[dastur-e-ishq]

“Mera dil karta hain ki main poori ki poori Ashar ki pasand ke saanche mein dhal jaun. Jo Ashar ko pasand hai wo apna loon. Jo unhe na pasand ho woh hamesha kay liye chodh doon.”

ہم سفر

[maihonhassan]

Remembering Faiz on his 40th Death Anniversary!

The pain Faiz suffered through is heart wrenching to us; “kahin to karwan-e-dard ki manzil thahar jaye, kinare aa lage umr-e-rawan ya dil thahar jaye.”

[desi-academic]

islam & pakistan ✧🕌°:₊˚🪔.⋆☾📿⋆⁺✧

[sufiiiiiiii]

can I request a song? Please sing Tumhari Chup by Atif Aslam

Paish e Khidmat hai @saltedlashes

[roohulreyah]

“The world seems to move, to thrive with such ease, while here I am at a halt — stuck at a point, ceasing to exist.”

— Huda S. Maqbool

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