Water as a Divine Mirror in the Poetry of Daud Kamal
Water as a Divine Mirror in the Poetry of Daud Kamal
Author(s): Ali Shehzad ZaidiSubject(s): Literary Texts, Poetry
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego
Keywords: Daud Kamal; water imagery; drought imagery; Pakistani poetry in English; Gandhara civilization; Islamic poetry
Summary/Abstract: In the poetry of Daud Kamal, water figures as an image of mercy, as in the Quran, and as a mirror that reflects a divine hidden presence. The rock pool evokes the memory of Gandhara and other foundational civilizations born in love and creative ferment. Conversely, the images of drought, heat, and dust symbolize a parched spiritual order. The river, a recurring archetypal image in Kamal’s poetry, represents the fluid self that is subsumed into collective identity to become a poetic distillate of history.
Journal: Anglica Wratislaviensia
- Issue Year: 59/2021
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 21-35
- Page Count: 15
- Language: English