firaaq-e-diidaa huu.N mai.n vasl-e-yaar baaqii hai
Daya Shanker Naseem

firaaq-e-diidaa huu.N mai.n vasl-e-yaar baaqii hai
Khizaa.N rasiidaa chaman kii bahaar baaqii hai

[firaaq-e-diidaa=deprived of sight; vasl-e-yaar=meeting with beloved]
[Khizaa.N rasiidaa=autumn struck]

havaa to kahatii hai saaqamade bahaar-e-chaman
sadaa-e-gu.nchaa-e-vahadat hazaar baaqii hai

[sadaa-e-gu.nchaa=call of buds; vahadat=uniqueness]

buto.n ke qahar se ham ko maqaam-e-yaas nahii.n
ummiid-e-rahamat-e-paravar-digaar baaqii hai

[maqaam-e-yaas=limit of despair]
[ummiid-e-rahamat-e-paravar-digaar=hope for the blessing of God]

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