Bijli giri jaha par, us zakhm se barish risti hai.
Teri bewafai mere asman ka dil cheer kar gayi.
Translation:
Rains bleed from the wounds where the lightning struck;
Your betrayal tore through the heart of my sky.
Category: Poetry
I’ll be along | Poetry
Been too lost to speak;
Been too lost to quiet;
Been too long I could think of what to say besides.
…
Feels like forever;
When you were by my side,
Been too long ever since I felt the pain subside.
…
Wait for me, won’t you?
I will be along
Wait for me, won’t you?
You won’t be alone…
…
Been too far away
On the other side of the sun.
Too long since I touched the fresh earth
and didn’t feel the burn.
…
Lost in space forever,
I didn’t see until you were gone;
Now there’s nothing but to wonder
When I’ll be along…
…
Wait for me
there, my love;
I’ll be along…
Wait for me
won’t you?
I will be along…
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Author’s note: Not sure where this one came up from. I am not a song writer, but I was singing it as I wrote it. I could hear my brother’s guitar in my mind, strumming a quick beat as I sang it. And for some reason, it feels like a piece of my heart.
Begone | Poetry
The ever-present frigidness is now fiery warm;
The spring had come suddenly
and now, I wish it gone;
For there is no softness, no gentleness as such;
Only the passionate sun
that burns all he touch;
And makes you wish for icy winds and torrential storm.
Love is just barely here,
and now, I wish it gone.
Eternal
Billions
of stars
twisted in braids,
swirling in eternal dance,
Heavens!
Author’s note: Lantern is a Japanese form of poetry with 1, 2, 3, 4, 1 syllables set to share a single thought.
Darkness | Urdu poetry
Andhera tere dar pe nahi mere dil me tha;
Me dastak se darta raha; tu intezar karta raha.
Translation:
Standing in the darkness outside your door;
Willing it to open; fearing it would;
Craving the light escaping from the sides,
Steeling to face it; fearing I would;
Hoping to accept me; fearing I’m ruined;
Knowing you stand right beside the door,
Just waiting for me
to knock…
Dreams | Urdu Poetry
Neend hi toh nahi aati, bas khwab hi hain.
Jo neend bhi aa jati toh mar hi na jate?!
Translation:
Can’t sleep even if I tried,
Strangled by dreams awake wide;
Had I been able to get a wink,
Probably would have died!
Muddled | Poetry | Lantern
Pain,
not mine,
stays and muddles
what’s mine and what’s
borrowed.
Author’s note: Lantern is Japanese poetry form shaped visually like a lantern in 1,2,3,4,1 syllables.
Sleepless | Poetry | Lantern
Sleepless
eyes on
night-long vigil
guarding the precious angel
asleep
Bulbul | Sher | Poetry
Wo shaakh sooni hai jis par bulbul gaati thi.
Tanha musafir ka koi ab sahara nhi.
Translation:
The branch sits empty–the Nightingale now gone.
No saviour now for the traveller forlorn.
Shukran Allah | Urdu | Poetry
Tere ishq ki deewanagi
tari ho kuchh is tarah,
Wo deewaro me chunwa dein
aur hum kahein, “Shukran Allah!”
English Translation:
Lost in your love so,
When the world immures me
in the walls to kill me,
I wouldn’t know…
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