Journal of an Optimistic Contrarian

The name of my blog stems from my worldview which is naturally contrarian. I also think too many people are unnecessarily pessimistic about the world we live in, thus the "optimistic" qualification. On this blog you can expect to find random musings on a wide list of topics and my feeble efforts at poetry. I work in the financial industry, and I can also be dubbed as a contrarian investor. And contrary to popular opinion, I am not a contrarian for the sake of being one (Or at least I hope not).

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Sunday, September 30, 2007

The tide

Chaand ki kashish se samandar madd-o-jazr hai
badi door tak yaaron mohabbat ka asar hai


The attraction of the moon makes the oceans ebb and flow
Lo! To what a great distance Love affects the lovelorn

On freckles

I have always found freckles to be rather cute and attractive. So here is my tribute to the freckled :)

Shab-e-firoz ka noor barsaana har haseena ka bhi saubhaag nahi
Wo husn bhi kaise mahrukh ho gar chaand se mukh par daag nahi


To glow with the radiance of the moonlit nights is rare even for the beautiful
How can Beauty have a "moon-like face" if she doesn't have freckles (like the full moon)