har tamaashaa_ii faqat saahil se manzar dekhataa
kaun dariyaa ko ulaTataa kaun gauhar dekhataa
(tamaashaa_ii=spectator; faqat=merely; saahil=river side)
(manzar=spectacle/show/view; gauhar=pearl)
vo to duniyaa ko merii diivaangii Khush aa ga_ii
tere haathon men vagarnaa pahalaa patthar dekhataa
(vagarnaa=otherwise)
aaNkh men aaNsuu jaDe the par sadaa tujh ko na dii
is tavaqqo par ki shaayad tuu palaT kar dekhataa
(sadaa=call; tavaqqo=hope)
merii qismat kii lakiiren mere haathon men na thiin
tere maathe par ko_ii meraa muqaddar dekhataa
(qismat=fate; lakiiren=lines; maathe=forehead)
(muqaddar= destiny/fate)
zindagii phailii hu_ii thii shaam-e-hijraaN kii tarah
kis ko itanaa hausalaa thaa kaun jii kar dekhataa
(shaam-e-hijraaN=evening of separation; hausalaa=strength)
Duubane vaalaa thaa aur saahil pe cheharon kaa hujuum
pal kii mohalat thii main kis ko aaNkh bhar ke dekhataa
(hujuum=crowd; mohalat=(free) time)
tuu bhii dil ko ik lahuu kii buuNd samajhaa hai Faraz
aaNkh gar hotii to qatre men samandar dekhataa
Thursday, December 4, 2008
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