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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

Matla shaadi pe ghurbat kii udaasi chha gayi

Haif woh ghar jiss mein aa kar khud shama sanwala gayii

Tuu pehn kar unn ko khush rah chhorh jaane de mujhey

Jung ke dankey pe khooni geet gaane de mujhey

Aag barsaoonga aankhon se jidhar jaoonga main

Deo-e zardari ka murda phoonk kar aaoonga main

Brass Bangles

There are these brass bangles and then there’s you, the very life of spring

I have gone through immense trouble to get them

Yet you are perfectly happy wearing them

And why not since for me they symbolize purity

Ever since you have come to my home, you cherisher of the poor

The universe has come to embody passion and gentleness

Swords of grief stab your youthful heart

And, oh, much before time, wrinkles line your face

Those rose-like eyes and the lips drenched in nectar are gone

The spirit I had seen from behind the veil is gone too

Poverty hangs low over the sky of marriage

Fie the house that dulls the candle upon entering

You be happy wearing them, let me go my way

Let me sing blood-soaked songs to the drumbeats of war

I will rain fire from my eyes wherever I go

I will return after burning the corpse of the monster of capitalism

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FILM LYRICS

Waqt Ne Kiya Kya Haseen Sitam*

Waqt ne kiya kya haseen sitam

Tum rahey na tum, hum rahey naa hum

Beqaraar dil iss tarah miley

Jis tarah kabhi hum juda naa thhey

Tum bhi kho gaye, hum bhi kho gaye

Eik raah par chal ke do qadam

Waqt ne kiya . . .

Jaayeinge kahaan, soojhta nahiin

Chal padey magar raasta nahiin

Kyaa talaash hai kuchh pata nahiin

Bun rahein hain dil khwaab dum-ba-dum

Waqt ne kiya . . .

What a Beautiful Cruelty Time Has Inflicted

What a beautiful cruelty Time has inflicted

You have not remained you, I am no longer I

Two restless hearts meet as though

They were never ever apart

You have lost your way, and so have I

Walking a couple of paces down the same road

What a beautiful cruelty Time has inflicted . . .

We know not where we are headed

We have set out though there’s no path ahead

We know not what we are looking for

The heart weaves dreams every moment

What a beautiful cruelty Time has inflicted . . .

Zara Sii Aahat Hotii Hai*

Zara sii aahat hotii hai to dil sochta hai

Kahiin yeh woh to nahiin

Chhup ke siine se koi jaise sada deta hai

Shaam se pehle diya dil ka jala deta hai

Hai ussi kii yeh yaad, hai ussi ki yeh ada

Kahiin yeh woh to nahiin

Zara sii aahat hotii hai to dil sochta hai

Shakl phirti hai nigahon mein wahi pyari sii

Meri nas-nas mein machalne lagii hai chingaari sii

Chhu gayii jism mera kiske daaman ki hawa

Kahiin yeh woh to nahiin

Zara sii aahat hotii hai to dil sochta hai

At the Faintest Footfall . . .

At the faintest footfall my heart wonders