LONELINESS AND KASHMIR VIEWS

TANHAI

Fir Koi Aayaa Dile Zaar
“ Nahin Koi Nahin.”
Raah Rau Hoga , Kahin Aur Chala Jayega.
Dhal Chuki Raat ,
Bikharney Lagaa taron Ka Gubaar .
Ladkhadaney Lagey Aivaanon Me Khwabeeda Chiraag.
Sau Gayee Raastaa Taq Taq Ke har Ek Raahguzar .
Ajnabi Khaaq Ne Dhundhlaa Diye Qadmon Ke Suraag.
Gul Karo Shamein , Badaa Do Mayo Meena O Aayaag .
Apney Be Khwaab Kiwaadon ko Muqafal kar Dho .
Ab Yahan Koi Nahin, Koi Nahi Aayegaa.

( FAIZ AHMED FAIZ )



LONELINESS

Someone is at the door again,
My weeping heart, no, no one Perhaps a passerby,
who will go somewhere else.

The night has passed
waiting, the star-dust is settling.

Sleepy candle-flames are flickering in distant palaces.

Every pathway has passed into sleep,
Tired of waiting Alien dust has smudged all traces of footsteps .

Blow out the candles,

let the wine and cup flow.

Close and lock your sleepless doors

No one, no one will come here now .

( Thanks to Hamid Rahim Sheikh for this superb translation )

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