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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

The way you look up and then lower your gaze

Has taken me who knows where, who knows whither

The ways of love are unknown

All around me I hear it said

I am smitten by your eyes

Koi Yeh Kaise Bataye Ke Woh Tanha Kyun Hai*

Koi ye kaise bataaye ki woh tanhaa kyuun hai

Woh jo apnaa thaa wahii aur kisii kaa kyuun hai

Yahii duniyaa hai to phir aisii yeh duniyaa kyuun hai

Yahii hotaa hai to aaḳhir yahii hotaa kyuun hai

Ik zaraa haath badhaa de to pakad lein daaman

Unn ke siine mein samaa jaaye hamaarii dhadkan

Itnii qurbat hai to phir faasla itnaa kyuun hai

Dil-e-barbaad se niklaa nahiin ab tak koi

Iss lutey ghar pe diyaa kartaa hai dastak koi

Aas jo tuut gaii phir se bandhaataa kyuun hai

Tum masarrat ka kaho yaa issey ġham ka rishtaa

Kahtey hain pyaar kaa rishta hai janam ka rishtaa

Hai janam ka jo yeh rishta to badaltaa kyuun hai

How Does One Explain . . .

How does one explain why one is lonely

Why is the one who was once mine, now someone else’s

If this is what the world is like, why is it so

If this is how things happen, why does it happen so

If you stretch out your hand I could catch your hem

My heartbeat would seep into your breast

If there’s such closeness then why this distance

No one ever emerges from the desolation of the heart

Yet someone keeps knocking at this ravaged house

If hope has been dashed, why raise it again

You may call it the bond of joy, or of sorrow

They say the bond of love lasts a lifetime

If it’s lifelong, why then does it change so

Jhuki Jhuki Si Nazar . . .*

Jhuki jhuki sii nazar be-qaraar hai ke nahiin

Dabaa dabaa saa sahi dil mein pyaar hai ke nahiin

Tu apne dil ki javaan dhadkanon ko gin ke bataa

Meri tarah tera dil be-qaraar hai ki nahiin

Woh pal ki jis mein mohabbat javaan hotii hai

Uss ek pal ka tujhe intizaar hai ki nahiin

Teri umiid pe thukraa rahaa huun duniyaa ko

Tujhe bhi apne pe yeh eitibaar hai ki nahiin

This Lowered Gaze

Is this lowered gaze restless, or is it not

No matter how buried, is there love in this heart, or not

Count the youthful beats of your heart and tell me

Is your heart as restless as mine, or not

That moment in which love comes of age

Aren’t you too waiting for that one moment, or not

Hopeful of getting you I am throwing away the world

Do you have the same faith in yourself, or not

Tum Itna Jo Muskura Rahey Ho . . .*

Tum itna jo muskura rahey ho

Kya gham hai jis ko chhupa rahey ho

Aankhon mein namin hansin labon par

Kyaa haal hai kyaa dikhaa rahe ho

Ban jaaengey zahr piite piite

Yeh ashk jo piite jaa rahe ho