Not Paradise Lost — Paradise Taken Quotes

“Beneath her feet lies paradise,
Each step she takes is made for us.
She scatters her whole life like seeds,
And blooms us without cost...
She dims herself so we can bloom —
Now I lay my life at her feet.”
― Sana Ullah Wazir, Not Paradise Lost — Paradise Taken

“Her room now cold and bare,
Her Deewa gives no light.
The house holds just her scent,
And weeps through every night...
For every Naawe who leaves —
Takes everything held dear.”
― Sana Ullah Wazir, Not Paradise Lost — Paradise Taken

“Who veiled the sun from fields of spring?
Who drew the line we could not climb?
They buried what had just begun,
Before two hearts could beat as one...
I buried you a thousand times,
Yet first love never learned to die.”
― Sana Ullah Wazir, Not Paradise Lost — Paradise Taken

“Neither bird from your side came,
Nor whirlwind brought your word...
Nostalgia is my bread,
Your memory — my sea,
I live among the dead —
Of what we could not be.”
― Sana Ullah Wazir, Not Paradise Lost — Paradise Taken

“Tradition's roots ran cold and deep,
Love was born — too afraid to speak...
One Deedan, briefer than a breath,
That single glance gave birth to death.”
― Sana Ullah Wazir, Not Paradise Lost — Paradise Taken

“Alas, what fate was written mine?
Others blossomed in their time,
Yet mine was lost before it grew —
A dream once bright, now lost from view.”
― Sana Ullah Wazir, Not Paradise Lost — Paradise Taken

“Individually, we are one drop,
Together, we are an ocean,
Together we are as in Paradise,
Apart we are as in Hell,
None of us could live in the apart cell.”
― Sana Ullah Wazir, Not Paradise Lost — Paradise Taken

“What armies failed to win by might —
One honest pen has brought to light...
Before all men and Allah above —
No darker sin than killing love.”
― Sana Ullah Wazir, Not Paradise Lost — Paradise Taken

“No gold, no silver, not a crown,
Yet every heart wore a king's gown...
We lived like kings without a crown,
Before the dust came settling down.”
― Sana Ullah Wazir, Not Paradise Lost — Paradise Taken

“The Hujra taught what schools could not,
Each wisdom given, never bought...
The beauty gone, the fireplace is cold,
Yet every lesson I was told,
Stays with me for eternity.”
― Sana Ullah Wazir, Not Paradise Lost — Paradise Taken

“No electricity filled the air,
Just one small flame and love somewhere.
Now Deewa and Lantern both are gone —
Yet through our hearts, they still burn on.”
― Sana Ullah Wazir, Not Paradise Lost — Paradise Taken

“They mocked, 'He fails — too far!'
Yet love drove him like a star.
Nightingale stood firm on her word,
Though time passed, she never stirred.”
― Sana Ullah Wazir, Not Paradise Lost — Paradise Taken

“I wondered who this man could be,
Whose melody could lift a wound.
He walks in silence full of song,
A shepherd carrying the world home.”
― Sana Ullah Wazir, Not Paradise Lost — Paradise Taken

“This was not paradise lost —
This was paradise taken.
Not by time, not by fate —
But by hands that knew better.
But by silence that allowed it.
But by a world that looked away.”
― Sana Ullah Wazir , Not Paradise Lost — Paradise Taken