Meg Index | March 2002 Index

Date: 26-Mar-2002
Poet: Amjad Islam Amjad


terii zad se nikalanaa chaahataa hai
ye dariyaa ruKh badalanaa chaahataa hai

[zad = target/range]

vo sapanaa jis kii suurat hii nahii.n hai
merii aa.Nkho.n me.n chalanaa chaahataa hai

dilo.n kii maa.Ndagii pe kyaa ta'ajjub
ki suuraj bhii to Dhalanaa chaahataa hai

[maa.Ndagii = dimmed/faded/dulled' ta'ajjub = amazement]

nashist-e-dard badalii hai to ab dil
zaraa pahaluu badalanaa chaahataa hai

[nashist-e-dard = place where it hurts]

mujhe bhii saamanaa hai karbalaa kaa
meraa sar bhii uchhalanaa chaahataa hai

nahii.n hai tarjumaan-e-Gam ye aa.Nsuu
ye paanii ab ubalanaa chaahataa hai

[tarjumaan-e-Gam = translation (representative) of sorrow]

tabassum zer-e-lab kahataa hai 'Amjad'
ko_ii jazbaa machalanaa chaahataa hai

[tabassum = smile; zer-e-lab = beneath the lips (hidden)]
[jazbaa = emotion]

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