Thursday, January 25, 2018

बिंदी या...

ज़हीन लगता है चेहरा सुकून और इल्म से
शरारतों में भी तुम्हारी नज़ाक़त दिखती है

माथे की बिंदी है तुम्हारी या उर्दू का नुक़्ता।

The face reflects intelligence of peace and knowledge
There's an elegance even in your teases; your pranks

Is that a bindi on your temple or the nuqta of Urdu?



नुक़्ता: is a term for a diacritic mark that was introduced in Devanāgari (and some other Indian scripts) used to represent sounds from other languages that do not have a native character in these scripts. It takes the form of a dot placed below a character.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuqta

Sunday, January 21, 2018

मिली हो

रह रह के वक़्त के ख़यालात 
गुज़र तेज़ भी है थमी सी भी

मिली हो तुम यक़ीं नहीं होता।

Thoughts of Time, over and over
Fast it passes and seems still too

I cannot believe how I found You.



Saturday, January 20, 2018

अमिट

सफ़हा दर सफ़हा पलट गया था क़िताब का कोरा
जो इक्कादुक्का कभी छपा था बेमानी सा लगता

मुझ क़ाग़ज़ पर छपी नई अमिट सियाही हो तुम।

Page after page had turned over of the book, blank
Patches printed now and then seemed meaningless

You, are the permanent new ink for the paper I am.

Tuesday, January 9, 2018

रेशमी-रुई

जुलाहों सी लगन चाहिए इक रिश्ता बुनते रहने में
इक ओर प्रेम के ताने हैं तो इक ओर भरोसे के बाने 

रुई की सूत मैं ले आऊँगा, और तुम रेशम की डोर।

It takes the devotion of weavers, to weave a relationship
The weft is that of love, while the warp is woven of trust

I'll bring the threads of cotton, you get the silken strands.


Wednesday, January 3, 2018

काँधे

ज़ुबान भले ख़ामोश थी पर
कहना था जो वो कह दिया

काँधे से छूँ गया था काँधा।

Even though nothing was spoken 
What needed to be said was said

Shoulder'd touched her shoulder.