"jalaye" poems
*Apni Dhun Mein Rehta Hoon
Main Bhi Tere Jaisa Hoon*
**Roaming within my own tunes I am
O’ just like you I am**
*Oh Pichhlee Rut Ke Saathi
Abke Baras Main Tanha Hoon*
**O’ friend of the past season
This year completely alone I am**
*Teri Gali Mein Sara Din
Dukh Ke Kankar Chunta Hoon*
**Whole day, in your street
Collecting the pebbles of sorrows I am**
*Mera Diya Jalaye Kuan
Main Tera Khali Kamra Hoon*
**Who will set my lamp alight?
O’ your vacated room I am**
*Apni Leher Hai Apna Rog
Dariya Hoon Aur Pyasaa Hoon*
**My own wave is the malady
Ocean I am and yet so thirsty I am**
*Aati Rut Mujhe Royegi
Jaati Rut Ka Jhonka Hoon*
**Coming season will weep for me
O’ breeze of the ending season I am**
— Translated by Jamil Hussain, Poet Nasir Kazmi, Sung by Ghulam Ali
Oct 26, 2016
Oct 26, 2016 at 8:23 AM UTC
Ye gam unka dia hua tohfa hai
Jo hum apne ankhon se ansk bahaye firte hain
Ye gam unka dia hua tohfa hai
Jo hum apne dil me chupaaye rkhte hain
Ye gam unka dia hua tohfa hai
Jo hum khud ko unki bewafai ki aag me jalaye rhte hain
Ye gam unka dia hua tohfa hai
Jo hum khud ko baarish me bheegaye firte hain
Ye gam unka dia hua tohfa hai
Jo hum khud ko iss begaani duniya me lootaye firte hain
Sep 23, 2018
Sep 23, 2018 at 11:22 PM UTC
Har haal mein hum behaal rahe
Gham-e-jaan se har dam ndhaal rahe
Tumhari chahat ki rahguzar mein
Kabhi khaak, kabhi paimaal rahe
Na khwab bane, na taabeer mili
Bas azaab hi azaab ke hamaal rahe
Dhoop sehte guzargayi sadiyaan
Shab-e-hijr ke hi sawaal rahe
Mohabbat ke saahil bhi door the
Aur dil ke toofaan be-zawaal rahe
Shajar-e-umeed ka saaya na mila
Hum faseel-e-gham ke kamaal rahe
Jo charaagh jalaye the aarzu ke
Wahi aandhiyon mein bemisaal rahe
Rah-e-wafa mein the zakhm beshumaar
Phir bhi hanste rahe, lajawab rahe
Humne socha tha dil ka dard sunayein
Magar lab pe qufl, aur sawaal rahe
Har shaam ne tanhai ka zehar diya
Har raat ke geet bhi malaal rahe
Jan 25, 2025
Jan 25, 2025 at 9:03 AM UTC
DIWALI MUBARAK ** HAR EK KO
D.. Deep jalaye shraddha ka aaj;
I.. Iski jyot se, roshan kare sara samaaj; aur charo aur prem pasare.
W.. Wada kare, neki ki aur pyar ki rah pe chale, hardum.
A.. Aakar de ek aise jahan ko, jaha pyar hi pyar ** shraddha aur swabhimaan **
L.. Lau sada jalti rahe har dil mein, shraddha, sacchai aur prem ki.
I..India ka, hamare desh ka, naam roshan kare, desh ka har baccha.
Tathastu.
Armin Dutia Motashaw
Nov 7, 2018
Nov 7, 2018 at 7:22 AM UTC