Yaad nahin kya kya dekha

Yaad nahin kya kya dekha tha, saare manzar bhool gaye
Uski galiyon se jab guzre apna hi ghar bhool gaye

No memories of sights, sounds, places and people remain

Having passed by your street , forgotten I have, mine

Khoob gaye pardes ke apne dewaar-o-dar bhool gaye
Sheesh mahal mein aisa bhi mitti ke ghar bhool gaye

Aimlessly lost in foreign lands of yours,

Forgotten have I my homes' walls and doors

In glass houses of yours do I dwell ,

Forgotten have I like what mud homes smell

 
Mujhko jinhone qatl kiya hai, koi unhe batlaaye Nazeer
Meri laash ke pehlu mein woh apana khanjar bhool gaye

Kindly let her know Nazeer

In whose love, smitten to death I am

Besides my body lifeless,

Forgotten had Venus, her dagger precious
 

[manzar]=View/Vision/Sight/Scene

[qatl]=kill

[khanjar]=dagger

[pehlu]=beside

[Nazeer] = poet Nazeer Baqari

Tum Pukar Lo (Khamoshi)

Tum pukar lo, Tumhara intezaar hai, Tum pukar lo

Call out loud and let know,

I await you.

Reach out to me, my love.

Khwaab chun rahi hai raat, beqarar hai

Choosing from dreams aplenty,

Restless is the lady of the night.

Honth pe liye hue dil ki baat ham

Jaagte rahenge aur kitni raat ham

Burdened are these lips of mine,

With matters of the heart.

Sleepless shall you make me remain ,

for nights how many more?

Muqtasar si baat hai tum se pyaar hai

Succinctly said a simple fact: I love you

Dil bahal to jaayega is khayal se
Haal mil gaya tumhara apne haal se

Contended my heart shall be

With these thoughts of you and me.

For she knows how you feel,

Is a reflection of how she feels.

Raat ye qaraar ki, beqarar hai.
Tumhara intezaar hai.

Restless is this night  meant to be restful.

I await you.

[pukar=call out, holler]

[bequarar=restless]

Khalee haath shaam aayee hai

Khaalee Haath Shaam Aayee Hai, 
Khaalee Haath Jaayegee

Empty handed has the evening come,
Empty handed shall she return.

 Aaj Bhee Naa Aayaa Koee, 
Khaalee Laut Jaayegee 

Yet another day has passed by,
With any sight of you nowhere in full or part,
Yet again shall twilight come by,
Empty handed indeed she shall depart.

 Aaj Bhee Naa Aaye Aansoo, 
Aaj Bhee Naa Bheege Nainaa


Yet another day has passed by,
Too stoic have I become to cry.
Yet another evening shall pass by,
Weep as much as I, my eyes remain dry.

 Aaj Bhee Ye Koree Rainaa,
 Koree Laut Jaayegee

Yet another day has passed by,
Blank into the horizon, I stare.
Yet another evening shall pass by,
And in to the void shall she fare.

 Raat Kee Siyaahee Koee,
 Aaye To Mitaye Naa
 Aaj Naa Mitaayee To Ye,
Kal Bhee Laut Aayegee

Bare is this dark dye of the night
With your coming shall this path light.
If not wept clean tonight,
Morrow shall return the darkness of the night.


[koree=blank,void,nothingness]
[rainaa=night]
[Siyahee = ink,dye]

Tera Bina (Guru)

Dum dara dum dara mast mast
Dara dum dara dum dara mast mast
Dara dum dara dum dum
Oh humdum bin tere kya jeena (2)

My dear, my very breath,
What is life without you?

Tere bina beswaadi beswaadi rathiyan oh sajna (2)
Ho, rookhi re oh rookhi re
Kaatoore kaate re, katenaa
(Dum dara..)

Without you, tasteless these nights are, my love,
Dry and parched indeed, these nights are , my love,
Try as I might, they don't seem to pass by

Na jaa; chaakri ke maare
Na jaa; souten pukaare,
Saawan aayega to puchega
Naa jaa rey
Pheeki Pheeki beswaadi yeh rathiyan.
Kaatore kaate na kate na
Ab tere bina sajna sajna
Kaate kate na (2)
(Dum dara...)

Don't you go dear, if work summons you
Don't you go dear,if your other wife(work) calls you
If the rains come, they will ask for you
Don't you go dear, don't you go
Faded and without luster these nights are,
Now, in your absence,
Even time has come to a standstill.

Tere bina chand ka sona khota re
Peeli peeli dhool udaave jhoota re
Tere bina sona peetal
Tere sang keekar peepal
Aaja kate na ye rathiyan
Tere bina beswaadi beswaadi rathiyan oh sajna
(Dum dara...)

Without you, the luster of the moon is false
Specks of golden dust flying around are false (reference to moonlight)
Sans you, gold has become brass
With you,the dry keekar has become a lush peepal
Come my love, for these nights won't pass without you



[ beswadi = tasteless ]
[ chaakri =work, job]
[pheeki= faded,dull]
[khota=fake]
[peetal = brass]
[keekar = Prosopis juliflora]
[peepal = Ficus religiosa]

Pukarata Chala Hoon Main

Pukarata Chala Hoon Main
Seeking and calling out have I embarked

Gali gali bahaar ki
On roads of spring that are forked

Bas ek chaon zulf ki
One momentary shadow of your tresses I seek

Bas ek nigaah pyar ki
I crave from my love an endearing peek

Ye dillagi ye shokhiyaan salaam ki
That heartfelt flirt , that stylish bow out

Yahin to baat ho rahi hai kaam ki
Yup, that's what we are talking about

Koi to mudh ke dekh legaa is taraf
There must be someone who shall spare me a glance

Koi nazar to hogi mere naam ki
There must be a lovely sight in my life's game of chance

Suni meri sadaa to kis yaqin se
Such earnest has my prayer been heard

Ghataa utar ke aa gayi zamiin pe
The clouds have descended on this parched earth

Rahi yahi lagan to ae dil-E-jawaan
This passion of the tender heart, if it continues

Asar bhi ho rahega ek hasin pe
One beautiful lady must be by it amuse

Itni muddat baad mile ho

Itni muddat baad mile ho
Ah, after awhile we finally toast

Kin sochon mein ghum rahte ho?
What thoughts are you in lost?

Tez hawa ne mujse poocha
The fast wind questioned

"Raeth pe kya likhte rahte ho?"
"What are you trying to write on the sand?"

Kaun si baat hai tum mein aisi?
What is so special about you?

Itni achche kyon lagte ho?
Why do I like you so much?

Hum se na poocho hijr ke kisse
Don't you ask me my tales of separation

Apni kaho, ab tum kaise ho?
Tell me your story, "Now, how are you?"


[muddat=after a long time;antiquity;of yore;past]
[ghum=lost;moving in circles;in a maze]
[tez=fast]
[raeth=sand]
[hijr=separation]
[kisse=anecdotes;tales;stories]

Koi dost hai na raqeeb hai

Koi dost hai na raqeeb hai,
There are neither friends nor foes here

Tera shehr kitna ajeeb hai.
Your city is a strange deserted sphere

Woh jo ishq tha woh junoon tha,
That love was passion that wouldn't abate

Yeh jo hijr hai ye naseeb hai.
This separation is indeed fate

Yahan kiska chehra padha karoon?
Here, whose face do I read, like I would a rose?

Yahan kaun itna kareeb hai?
Who around here is to my heart so close?

Main kisse kahoon mere saath chal?
Whom do I ask alongside with me tread?

Yahan sab ke sar pe saleeb hai
Everyone here carries a cross on their head


[raqeeb=enemy;foe]
[ajeeb=strange]
[junoon=passion]
[hijre=separation]
[saleeb=noose;cross]