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Ashbar is 47% done
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uffff took me ages to realise it wasnt letting me post because i used the word exploited. gotta finish this soon guyz
Sep 02, 2026 01:47PM
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Ashbar
Ashbar is 40% done

40% done. The imagery was fun at the start, it's boring now. Imagine reading so much poetry with the same recurrent tropes and meter. There's no uniqueness anymore! Iqbal doesn't call himself a poet anyways, and he says in the preface as well poetry is not the goal of this masnavi. Whatever be, the message is good but the execution is now getting monotonous.
Aug 26, 2026 09:15AM
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Ashbar
Ashbar is 31% done
almost 1/3 of the way! reading the persian of iqbal is somehow easier than trying to understand faiz's abstract urdu poems. it makes sense. iqbal's more literal, not twisting and complex. hes just presenting his concept. if i had to rate abstractness and beauty in a list, id put faiz as a more beautiful abstract poet than ghalib, and ghalib's VERY complex, but i find him easy peasy ngl https://pastebin.com/dRzN8q9M
Aug 10, 2026 03:34AM
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Ashbar
Ashbar is 25% done
baby shark do do do do
mommy shark do do do do. sometimes we all need a bit of brainrot

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25% lets go
Aug 07, 2026 11:14AM
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Ashbar
Ashbar is 10% done
آزمودم شیخِ لاهوری شبی
An overview and my opinion of it:
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Aug 01, 2026 11:14AM
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