Meg Index | August 2000 Index

Date: 15-Aug-2000
Poet: Ali Sardar Jafri

ek juu-e-dard dil se jigar tak ravaa.N hai aaj
pighalaa huaa rago.n me.n ik aatish-fishaa.N hai aaj

[juu-e-dard = river of pain; ravaa.N = flowing/moving]
[rag = vein; aatish-fishaa.N = volcano]


lab sii diye hai.n taa na shikaayat kare ko_ii
lekin har ek zaKhm ke muu.Nh me.n zabaa.N hai aaj

[sii denaa = to sew up; taa = so that; shikaayat = complaint]
[zaKhm = wound]


taariikiyo.n ne gher liyaa hai hayaat ko
lekin kisii kaa ruu-e-hasii.n darmiyaa.N hai aaj

[taariikii = darkness; hayaat = life; ruu = face; darmiyaa.N = in between]


jiine kaa vaqt hai yahii marane kaa vaqt hai
dil apanii zindagii se bahut shaadamaa.N hai aaj

[shaadamaa.N = happy]


ho jaataa huu.N shahiid har ahal-e-vafaa ke saath
har daastaan-e-shauq merii daastaa.N hai aaj

[shahiid = martyr; ahal-e-vafaa = those who are faithful]
[daastaa.N-e-shauq = story of love]


aaye hai.n kis nishaat se ham qatl-gaah me.n
zaKhmo.n se dil hai chuur nazar gul-fishaa.N hai aaj

[nishaat = happiness; qatl-gaah = place of killing/slaughter]
[chuur = broken; gul-fishaa.N = spreading flowers]


zindaaniyo.n ne to.D diyaa zulm kaa Guruur
vo dab-dabaa vo raub-e-hukuumat kahaa.N hai aaj

[zindaanii = prisoners; Guruur = pride/arrogance]
[dab-dabaa = pomp and show; raub = awe/terror; hukuumat = reign]


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