After a long wait, Shameel has come up with new poetry book O Miyan, being hailed as watershed book as far as the growth of new Punjabi poetry is concerned. Though Punjabi poetry started showing new trends of thought and expression in the early years of this century, this is the first book which clearly defines the new face of Punjabi poetry. This is poetry of cosmic consciousness, different colours of divine love, philosophical questions and quest for beyond written in a refreshingly contemporary idiom. Here is one of his poems translated by Jatinder Preet
He sends every Being
With a locked heart
And leaves it's password
With someone, only One
And then
He gets them to play a game
People call it love.
One whose password is found
Is liberated
Rest keep wandering
Keep on taking births
To find their passwords
You can listen to the footsteps
Of the One, who has your password
From afar
Thousands of colourful birds
In the universe of body
Start chirping
When you come to know of his arrival
Before he arrives
His invisible being comes to you
That can be seen by birds
That One
Remains with you forever
Like spirit in body
Like sweetness in words
Like moisture in eyes
This One has mathematics of its own
Your One added with it
Doesn’t make it Two
Like zero added to a zero
Infinite with infinite
This One
Is never lost
Lives forever
Like a memory in mind
Like relaxation in the body
Like mother tongue in your voice
Like the grind of breath