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Chapters (107)
  1. Cover
  2. Dedication
  3. Foreword
  4. Introduction
  5. POEMS
  6. Shaukat ke Naam
  7. To Shaukat*
  8. Pashemani
  9. Regret
  10. Sarojini Naidu
  11. Sarojini Naidu
  12. Behroopni
  13. She of the Many Faces
  14. Andeshe
  15. Anxious Thoughts
  16. Aurat
  17. Woman
  18. Bewa ki Khudkushi
  19. A Widow’s Suicide
  20. Doshiza Malan
  21. The Virginal Flower Girl
  22. Ek Dua
  23. A Prayer
  24. Ek Bosa
  25. A Kiss
  26. Ek Lamha!
  27. A Moment!
  28. Ehtiyat
  29. Caution
  30. Naya Husn
  31. New Beauty
  32. Nazrana
  33. Tribute
  34. Pyar ka Jashn
  35. A Celebration of Love
  36. Tasawur
  37. Imagination
  38. Tum
  39. You
  40. Ajnabi
  41. Stranger
  42. Pehla Salaam
  43. The First Greeting
  44. Aaina
  45. Mirror
  46. Akhfa-i Muhabbat
  47. Concealing Love
  48. Roosi Aurat ka Naara
  49. The Call of the Russian Woman
  50. Hausla
  51. Courage
  52. Garbhwati
  53. The Pregnant Woman
  54. Peetal ke Kangan
  55. Brass Bangles
  56. FILM LYRICS
  57. Waqt Ne Kiya Kya Haseen Sitam*
  58. What a Beautiful Cruelty Time Has Inflicted
  59. Zara Sii Aahat Hotii Hai*
  60. At the Faintest Footfall . . .
  61. Yeh Nayan Darey Darey*
  62. These Fear-filled Eyes
  63. Merey Chanda, Mere Nanhe*
  64. My Darling, My Little One
  65. Kuchh Dil Ne Kaha*
  66. The Heart Says Something
  67. Dheerey-dheerey Machal Ai Dil-e Be-qaraar*
  68. Quieten, Quieten, O Restless Heart
  69. Abhi Kya Sunogey Suna To Hasogey*
  70. What Will You Hear Now, You Will Laugh If You Do
  71. Maa Hai Mohabbat ka Naam*
  72. A Mother Is a Name for Love
  73. Aaj Socha To Aansu Bhar Aaye*
  74. Tears Well Up When I Think of It
  75. Betaab Dil Ki Tamanna Yehi Hai*
  76. The Sole Desire of My Restless Heart
  77. Hai Tere Saath Meri Wafa*
  78. My Fidelity Will Stay with You
  79. Har Taraf Ab Yahii Afsaney Hain*
  80. All Around Me I Hear It Said
  81. Koi Yeh Kaise Bataye Ke Woh Tanha Kyun Hai*
  82. How Does One Explain . . .
  83. Jhuki Jhuki Si Nazar . . .*
  84. This Lowered Gaze
  85. Tum Itna Jo Muskura Rahey Ho . . .*
  86. You Are Smiling So Much
  87. Afterword
  88. Footnotes
  89. To Shaukat
  90. The Virginal Flower Girl
  91. Waqt Ne Kiya Kya Haseen Sitam
  92. Zara Sii Aahat Hotii Hai
  93. Yeh Nayan Darey Darey
  94. Merey Chanda, Mere Nanhe
  95. Kuchh Dil Ne Kaha
  96. Dheerey-dheerey Machal Ai Dil-e Be-qaraar
  97. Abhi Kya Sunogey Suna To Hasogey
  98. Maa Hai Mohabbat ka Naam
  99. Aaj Socha To Aansu Bhar Aaye
  100. Betaab Dil Ki Tamanna Yehi Hai
  101. Hai Tere Saath Meri Wafa
  102. Har Taraf Ab Yahii Afsaney Hain
  103. Koi Yeh Kaise Bataye Ke Woh Tanha Kyun Hai
  104. Jhuki Jhuki Si Nazar . . .
  105. Tum Itna Jo Muskura Rahey Ho . . .
  106. Select Bibliography
  107. THE BEGINNING

Ruuh chehron pe dhuaan dekh ke sharmaati hai

Jhenpi jhenpi si mire lab pe hansi aati hai

Tere milne ki ḳhushi dard bani jaati hai

Hum ko hansnaa hai to auron ko hansaanaa hogaa

Soi soi hui aaankhon mein chhalakte hue jaam

Khoi khoi hui nazron mein mohabbat ka payaam

Lab shirin pe miri tishna-labi kaa inaam

Jaane inaam milegaa ki churaanaa hogaa

Meri gardan mein tiri sandali baahon ka ye haar

Abhi aansu thhe in aankhon mein abhi itnaa ḳhumaar

Main na kahtaa thaa mire ghar mein bhi aaegi bahaar

Shart itni thi ki pahle tujhe aanaa hogaa

A Celebration of Love

The festival of love must be celebrated in a new way

Sadness must be erased from every heart

The vow of loyalty on tremulous lips is a sight indeed

See how far your trembling feet have brought you indeed

Your luminous face in my home is a sight indeed

But today I must light the lamp in every home too

The spirit shies away from the smoke on the faces

Abashed and shamefaced a smile reaches my lips

The pleasure of meeting you turns into pain

If we laugh we must make others laugh too

The goblets brimming over from half-sleeping eyes

The message of love in those bemused lost glances

The reward for my thirsting lips on those sweet lips

Will it be given or will I need to steal it?

This garland of sandalwood-scented arms around my neck

Tears in these eyes a moment ago, now this headiness

Did I not say that spring would come to my home too

The only condition being that first you should come

Tasawur

Yeh kis tarah yaad aa rahii ho ye ḳhvaab kaisaa dikhaa rahii ho

Ki jaise sach-much nigaah ke saamne khadii muskuraa rahii ho

Ye jism-e-naazuk, ye narm baahein, hasiin gardan, sudaul baazu

Shagufta chehra, saloni rangat, ghaneraa judaa, siyaah gesu

Nashiilii aankhein, rasiilii chitvan, daraaz palkein, mahiin abru

Tamaam shoḳhi, tamaam bijli, tamaam masti, tamaam jaadu

Hazaaron jaadu jagaa rahii ho

Yeh ḳhvaab kaisaa dikhaa rahii ho

Gulaabi lab, muskuraate aariz, jabiin kushaada, buland qaamat

Nigaah mein bijliyon kii jhil-mil, adaaon mein shabnamii lataafat

Dhadaktaa siina, mahaktii saansein, navaa mein ras, ankhdiyon mein amrit

Hama halaavat, hama malaahat, hama tarannum, hama nazaakat

Lachak lachak gungunaa rahi ho

Yeh ḳhvaab kaisaa dikhaa rahii ho

To kya mujhe tum jalaa hii logii galey se apne lagaa hii logii

Jo phuul juude se gir padaa hai tadap ke uss ko utthaa hii logii

Bhadakte sholon, kadaktii bijlii se mera ḳhirman bachaa hii logii

Ghaneri zulfon ki chhaanv mein muskuraa ke mujh ko chhupaa hii logii

Ki aaj tak aazmaa rahii ho

Yeh ḳhvaab kaisaa dikhaa rahii ho

Nahiin mohabbat ki koi qiimat jo koi qiimat adaa karogii

Vafaa ki fursat na degii duniya hazaar azm-e-vafaa karogii

Mujhe bahalne do ranj-o-ġham se sahaare kab tak diyaa karogii

Junun ko itnaa na gudgudaao, pakad luun daaman to kya karogii

Qariib badhtii hii aa rahii ho