The Path

Every reading sits on one side of the path or the other — human love, or the love said to lie beyond it.

Ishq-e-Majazi

Love Is the Root of the World

Waris Shah, opening of Heer · Punjabi

عشق دا مول

A Fire That Cannot Be Commanded

Mirza Ghalib, ghazal · Urdu

عشق پر زور نہیں

Ishq-e-Haqiqi

The Reed's Lament

Rumi, opening lines of the Masnavi-e Ma'navi · Persian

نی نامہ

I Have Become Ranjha

Bulleh Shah, kafi · Punjabi

رانجھا رانجھا کردی