Friday, September 25, 2009

Firaq

Sar me saudaa bhi nahin dil me tamannaa bhi nahin
Lekin is tark-e-mohabbat ka bharosa bhi nahin
… … … [saudaa=deal; tark-e-mohabbat=break-up]
— — — Theres neither a deal in mind nor the heart wishes anything

— — — But this state of lovelessness cannot be trusted either

Yun to hangaame uthaate nahin deewaana-e-ishq
Magar ai dost kuch aiso ka thikaana bhi nahin
— — — Usually such romantics never raise a storm
— — — but hey, such drifters cannot be trusted either

Muddate guzarin teri yaad bhi aai na hamen
Aur hum bhool gae ho tujhe aisa bhi nahin
— — — A long time has passed, I haven’t recalled you
— — — Yet its not as if I have forgotten you either

Bádguma ho ke mil aye dost jo milna hai tujhe
Ye jhijhakte hue milna koi milna bhi nahin
… … … [bádguma=without doubt/suspicion]
— — — Meet me without suspicions, when you feel like my friend

— — — This vacillation over meetings is not a union either

Meherbaani ko mohabbat nahin kehte ai dost
Aah mujhse to meri ranjish-e-bejaan bhi nahin
— — — Sympathy is not Love my friend
— — — My grief is not passive either

Munh se hum apne bura to nahin kehte, ke ‘Firaq’
Hai tera dost magar aadmi achchaa bhi nahin
— — — I won’t say anything wicked openly, but he,
— — — Your friend, is not such a nice person either!

—Firaq, Gorakhpuri

(Translit mine)
Regards,

Sudhir

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