Ghazal

Maqdoom Moinuddin

Translated to English by L K Atheeq

 

Ye kaun aata hai tanhayiun mein jam liye

Dilon mein chandani raaton ka ehtemam liye

 

Chatak rahi hai kisi yaad ki kali dil mein

Nazar mein raqse baharan ki subah-o-sham liye

 

Mehek mehek ke jagati rahi naseem-e-sahar

Labon pe yaar-e-maseeha nafaz ka naam liye

 

Kisi khayal ki khushboo kisi badan ki mehak

Dar-e-qafas pe khadi hai saba payam liye

 

Baja raha tha kahin door koi shehnai

Utha hoon aankhon mein eik khwab-e-natamam liye

 

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Who comes in my solitude bearing wine?

Hearts bearing an array of moonlit nights

 

In my heart the bud of some memory blooms;

in its vision dance the dawn and dusk of spring

 

The dawn’s breeze woke me with its fragrance;

your name, O messiah, O friend, on its lips.

 

Fragrance of some thought, the sweet smell of a body;

the morning breeze knocks my prison’s door bearing a message.

 

Someone was playing Shehnaai somewhere.

I woke with my eyes bearing an unfinished dream.

 

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Please listen to Abida Parveen sing the above Ghazal at -
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8yKyGs1cgc