You didn’t break the bond of the heart; it broke

Don’t come now, not even in the embrace of my imagination

Lest these cheeks wilt in the heat of my sighs

The night bathed in nectar must be searching for you

Go, lest the buds on the bed wither away

Don’t come now, not even in the embrace of my imagination

Lest I make you sit down beside my desolate side

And steal the salt of these sweet lips and the sweetness of salty cheeks

With my yearning thirsting lips

Don’t come now, not even in the embrace of my imagination

For this world will not let you follow this custom

And the fresh spring will reach out to embrace you

And not let you come to me, not even in the embrace of my imagination

Naya Husn

Kitnii rangiin hai fazaa kitnii hasiin hai duniya

Kitnaa sarshaar hai zauq-e-chaman-aaraaii aaj

Iss saliiqe se sajaaii gaii bazm-e-giitii

Tu bhi diivaar-e-Ajanta se utar aaii aaj

Ru-numaaii ki ye saa.at ye tahii-dastii-e-shauq

Na churaa sakta huun aankhein na milaa sakta huun

Pyaar sauġhaat, vafa nazr, mohabbat tohfa

Yahi daulat tire qadmon pe lutaa sakta huun

Kab se taḳhiil mein larzaan thaa ye naazuk paikar

Kab se ḳhvaabon mein machalti thii jawani teri

Mere afsaane ka unvaan banii jaati hai

Dhal ke saanche mein haqiqat ki kahani teri

Marhale jhel ke nikhraa hai mazaaq-e-taḳhliiq

Sa.ii-e-paiham ne diye hain ye ḳhad-o-ḳhaal tujhe

Zindagi chaltii rahii kanton pe, angaaron par

Jab milii itnii hasiin, itnii subuk chaal tujhe

Tere qaamat mein hai insaan ki bulandi ka vaqaar

Duḳhtar-e-shahr hai, tahzib ka shahkaar hai tu

Ab na jhapkegii palak, ab na hatengii nazrein

Husn ka mere liye aaḳhirii me.aar hai tu

Ye tiraa paikar-e-siimiin, ye gulaabi sari

Dast-e-mehnat ne shafaq ban ke udhaa dii tujh ko

Jis se mahruum hai fitrat ka jamaal-e-rangiin

Tarbiyat ne vo lataafat bhi sikhaa dii tujh ko

Aagahii ne teri baaton mein khilaaiin kaliyaan

Ilm ne shakkariin lahje mein nichode anguur

Dilrubaaii ka ye andaaz kise aataa thaa

Tu hai jis saans mein nazdiik usii saans mein duur

Ye lataafat, ye nazaakat, ye hayaa, ye shoḳhii

Sau diye jalte hain umdii hui zulmat ke ḳhilaaf

Lab-e-shaadaab pe chhalkii hui gulnaar hansii

Ik baġhaavat hai ye aaiin-e-jaraahat ke ḳhilaaf

Hausle jaag utthe soz-e-yaqiin jaag utthaa

Nigah-e-naaz ke be-naam ishaaron ko salaam

Tu jahaan rahtii hai us arz-e-hasiin par sajda

Jin mein tu miltii hai un raah-guzaaron ko salaam

Aa qariib aa ki ye juudaa main pareshaan kar duun

Tishna-kamii ko ghataaon ka payaam aa jaae

Jis ke maathe se ubhartii hain hazaaron subhein

Meri duniya mein bhi aisi koi shaam aa jaae

New Beauty

How colourful is the ambience, how beautiful the world

How intoxicating the taste for adorning the garden today

The universe has been assembled with such grace

And you too have stepped off the walls of Ajanta