Friday, November 27, 2020

RECOLLECTIONS IN TRANQUILITY

 

Har shamm'aa bujhi rafta rafta
har khaab lutaa dheere dheere
sheesha na sahi patthar bhi na tha
dil toot gaya dheere dheere...~


barson mein marasim bante hain
lamhon mein bhala kya tooteingey
tu mujhse bichadna chaahe to
deewaar utha dheere dheere...~




ehsaas hua barbaadi ka
jab saare ghar mein dhool udi
aayi hai humaare aangan mein
patjhad ki hawaa dheere dheere...~





dil kaise jalaa kis waqt jalaa
humko bhi pata aakhir mein chalaa
phaila hai dhuaan chupke chupke
sulgi hai chitaa dheere dheere...~



wo haath paraaye ho bhi gaye
ab door ka rishta hai "kaisar"
aati hai meri tanhaayi mein
khushboo-e-heena dheere dheere...~

I fetched darkness bit by bit,

And slowly did my dreams split.

The human heart got its due,

maybe ‘twas not worth the grit.

 

relations take sowing of ages,

YOU can’t snap in one moment,

to part from I, me and myself,

YOU’ll have to treble the attempt.

 

the ruin took it’s toll on me,

and the smog is all around,

a lasting pall of gloom is

now what my abode surround.

 

the heartburn was so soothing,

I was the one, who did preen,

The smoldering was so cozy,

that I savored the pyre serene.

 

Distance made heart grow fonder,

The lost love I miss a lot,

My tranquility is taken over,

by “++++++’s” thought.

 

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