asar usko zara nahin hota

asar us ko zara nahin hota
ranj rahat-faza nahin hota
she remains unmoved and hard to please
my pain persists


does not provide release
bewafa kahne ki shikayat hai
to bhi wada-wafa nahin hota
she objects being labelled faithless still


not a single vow does she fulfil
zikr-e-aghyar se hua ma'lum
harf-e-naseh bura nahin hota
mention of my rivals made me know


the preacher's word isn't harsh somehow
kis ko hai zauq-e-talkh-kaami lek
jang bin kuchh maza nahin hota
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tum hamare kisi tarah na hue
warna duniya mein kya nahin hota
your love by any means i could not gain


or else in life what would not one attain
us ne kya jaane kya kiya le kar
dil kisi kaam ka nahin hota
i wonder why she took my heart away


it is of no avail i've heard them say
imtihan kijiye mera jab tak
shauq zor-azma nahin hota
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ek dushman ki charkh hai na rahe
tujh se ye ai dua nahin hota
that heavens be my enemy no more


this task
prayers
you cannot ensure
aah tul-e-amal hai roz-fuzun


garche ek muddaa nahin hota
my efforts daily multiply and yet
the only thing i want i do not get
tum mere pas hote ho goya


jab koi dusra nahin hota
in such a manner are you close to me
when no one else at all there ever be
haal-e-dil yar ko likhun kyunkar


hath dil se juda nahin hota
to her
how do i write my state of heart
from my heart my hand just cannot part


rahm kar khasm-e-jaan-e-ghair na ho
sab ka dil ek sa nahin hota
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daman us ka jo hai daraaz to ho
dast-e-ashiq rasa nahin hota
she may be generous
still it is in vain


a lover's hand does not ever attain
chaara-e-dil siwae sabr nahin
so tumhaare siwa nahin hota
no cure


save patience
can there ever be
and that
without you


will not come to me
kyun sune arz-e-muztar-e-'momin'
sanam aakhir khuda nahin hota
momin distressed pleas


why will she heed
a paramour she is
not god indeed