Meg Index | July 2003 Index

Date: 22-Jul-2003
Poet: Qateel Shifai

har bezabaa.N ko sholaa_navaa kah liyaa karo
yaaro sukuut hii ko sadaa kah liyaa karo

[sukuut = silence]

Khud ko fareb do ki na ho talKh zindagii
har sangdil ko jaane-e-vafaa kah liyaa karo

[talKh = bitter; sangdil = stone-hearted]

gar chaahate ho Khush rahe.n kuchh bandagaan-e-Khaas
jitane sanam hai.n un ko Khudaa kah liyaa karo

insaan kaa agar qad-o-qaamat na ba.Dh sake
tum is ko nuqs-e-aab-o-havaa kah liyaa karo

[qad-o-qaamat = zenith/height; nuqs = fault]

apane liye ab ek hii raah-e-nijaat hai
har zulm ko razaa-e-Khudaa kah liyaa karo

[raah-e-nijaat = road to freedom; zulm = oppression]
[razaa-e-Khudaa = will of God]

le de ke ab yahii hai nishaan-e-ziyaa "Qateel"
jab dil jale to us ko diyaa kah liyaa karo

[nishaan-e-ziyaa = hint/indication of light]