URDU POEMS

[diidaa-e-tar = wet eyes/eyes filled with tears]
[tishnagii = thirst]

dosto.n se chukaa rahaa huu.N hisaab
dushmano.n se kahaa.N Thanii hai abhii

dost kah kar mujhe na de gaalii
dil pe ik zaKhm-e-dostii hai abhii

kaaT de ye bhii Khud_parastii me.n
aur tho.Dii sii zindagii hai abhii

[Khud_parastii = egoistic]

jaane kyo.n kund ho gayaa nashtar
zaKhm kii dhaar to vahii hai abhii

[kund = blunt/ineffectual; nashtar = knife]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ajiib tajurbaa thaa bhii.D se guzarane kaa
use bahaanaa milaa mujh se baat karane kaa

phir ek mauj use khii.nch le ga_ii tah-e-aab
tamaashaa Khatm huaa Duubane ubharane kaa

[tah-e-aab = underwater]

mujhe Khabar hai ki rastaa mazaar chaahataa hai
mai.n Khastaa_paa sahii lekin nahii.n Thaharane kaa

[Khastaa_paa = tired]

thamaa ke ek bikharataa gulaab mere haath
tamaashaa dekh rahaa hai vo mere Darane kaa

ye aasmaa.N me.n siyaahii bikher dii kis ne
hame.n thaa shauq bahut is me.n rang bharane kaa

bas ek chiikh girii thii pahaa.D se yakalaKht
ajab nazaaraa thaa phir dhundh ke bikharane kaa

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