Posted in Poetry

Tishnagi | Urdu Poetry

Is tishnagi ka haal kya kahiye, mere humdum;

Me hi dariya hu, fir bhi me hi sehera hu…


Translation:

What’s to be said

of my unquenchable thirst,

my Love;

For I am the river,

Yet I am my own desert.


Author’s note: Tishnagi stands for intense thirst, often extending to emotional or spiritual yearning.

Posted in Random Thoughts

Bliss

The food is never so enticing

as when you are denied.

Water never has such a hold

until your lips are dried.

But you wait for the signal

and a not a moment before

do you let it touch your lips

as you surround it

and yet ignore it,

praying,

waiting until you are free

to devour it.

Ah! Bliss!