Meg Index | July 2003 Index

Date: 25-Jul-2003
Poet: Himayat Ali Shayar

aaj ai dil lab-o-ruKhasaar kii baate.n haii sahii
vaqt kaT jaayegaa kuchh pyaar kii baate.n hii sahii

yuu.N to kaTatii hii rahegii Gam-e-dauraa.N me.n hayaat
aaj kii raat Gam-e-yaar kii baate.n hii sahii

[Gam-e-dauraa.N = sorrows of the world]

zindaa rahane kii kabhii to ko_ii suurat nikale
isharat-e-aalam-e-diidaar kii baate.n hii sahii

[isharat-e-aalam-e-diidaar = state of jay at the prospect of seeing one's beloved]

ko_ii to baat chhi.De aaj bahut jii hai udaas
kam se kam rahamat-e-aGyaar kii baate.n hii sahii

[rahamat-e-aGyaar = benevolence of strangers]

ab to tanhaa_ii ko ye karb na hogaa bardaasht
kuchh nahii.n to dar-o-diivaar kii baate.n hii sahii

[karb = anguish]

ye bhii kyaa kam hai unhe.n qurbat-e-gul to hai nasiib
aaj gul kii na sahii Khaar kii baate.n hii sahii

[qurbat = nearness/vicinity; Kkaar = thorn]

ye to tai hai ki jiye jaaye.nge har haal me.n ham
un ke lab par rasan-o-daar kii baate.n hii sahii

[tai = decided/final; rasan-o-daar = gallows]