His Holiness Baba Farid and the Barefeet Blogger of Mumbai, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.
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held captive
to my
surroundings
to his
holy shrine
i cannot go
so seeing
my desire
into my heart
he flows
his holiness
baba farid
a barefeet
blogger
of mumbai
called firoze
his mind
with several
windows
love devotion
piety a path
of peace
hope harmony
baba shows
like a tree
planted
on my soul
fruits as
wisdom grows
as the winds
from across
the borders blow
heat humidity
transforms
to melting snow
dreams are reality
its faith that
makes it so
so at haji malang
in a photo studio
a photographer
stands still
on his toes
paying
reverence
to two babas
a path a
he willingly
holistically
chose
shah ast hussain
badshah ast hussain
a shia pandit
up close
thoughts of
hope humanity
as a poem froze
on the soul
of a photo
words
he composed
a leopard
in an urban jungle
in man
made clothes
About Baba Farid from Wikipedia
Fariduddin Ganjshakar
Hazrat Bābā Farīduddīn Mas'ūd Ganjshakar (Punjabi: حضرت بابا فرید الدّین مسعود گنج شکر (Shahmukhi), ਹਜ਼ਰਤ ਬਾਬਾ ਫ਼ਰੀਦੁਦ੍ਦੀਨ ਮਸੂਦ ਗੰਜਸ਼ਕਰ (Gurmukhi)) (1173–1266)[1][2] or (1188 (584 Hijri) - May 7, 1280 (679 Hijri)),[3][4] commonly known as Baba Farid (Punjabi: بابا فرید (Shahmukhi), ਬਾਬਾ ਫ਼ਰੀਦ (Gurmukhi)), was a 12th-century Sufi preacher and saint of the Chishti Order of South Asia.[1]
Hazrat Baba Fariduddin Ganjshakar, a Sufi, is generally recognized as the first major poet of the Punjabi language[3] and is considered one of the pivotal saints of the Punjab region. Revered by Muslims and Hindus, he is also considered one of the fifteen Sikh Bhagats within Sikhism and his selected works form part of the Guru Granth Sahib, the Sikh sacred scripture.[5]
Bābā Farīd was born in 1173 or 1188 AD (584 Hijri) at Kothewal village, 10 km from Multan in the Punjab region of the Chauhan Dynasty in India, to Jamāl-ud-dīn Suleimān and Maryam Bībī (Qarsum Bībī), daughter of Sheikh Wajīh-ud-dīn Khojendī.[6] He was a descendant of the Farrūkhzād, known as Jamāl-ud-Dawlah, a Persian (Tajik) king of eastern Khorasan.[7]
Some other sources
Baba Sheikh Farid was a Sufi saint who is considered by many to be the first major poet of the Punjabi language. He was born in the Multan district of what is today Pakistan.
Later, when the Sikh holy book the Adi Granth Sahib was compiled, many of Baba Sheikh Farid's poems and couplets were included, alongside the poetry of Kabir and Ravidas
