we suraten ilahi kis mulk bastiyan hain

we suraten ilahi kis mulk bastiyan hain
ab dekhne ko jin ke aankhen tarastiyan hain

in which country / o my lord! do those faces reside?
to gaze upon whom, now my eyes, with yearning are beside

aaya tha kyun adam mein kya kar chala jahan mein
ye marg-o-zist tujh bin aapas mein hanstiyan hain

why did you come to nothingness / in life what did you do?
life and death, among themselves / do now make fun of you

kyunkar na ho mushabbak shisha sa dil hamara
us shokh ki nigahen patthar mein dhanstiyan hain

why should it not be splintered? like glass my heart is prone
glances of that playful one / can penetrate e'en stone

barsat ka to mausam kab ka nikal gaya par
mizhgan ki ye ghataen ab tak barsatiyan hain

though the rainy season passed / away so long before
the clouds upon these lashes / still continue to pour

lete hain chhin kar dil aashiq ka pal mein dekho
khuban ki aashiqon par kya pesh-dastiyan hain

the lover's heart she snatches / in just a moment, see
how beauties do behave with / their lovers forcibly

is waste ki hain ye wahshi nikal na jawen
aankhon ko meri mizhgan doron se kastiyan hain

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qimat mein un ke go hum do jag ko de chuke ab
us yar ki nigahen tis par bhi sastiyan hain

though i've rendered both the worlds / as payment for them now
even then my loved one's eyes / a bargain are somehow

un ne kaha ye mujh se ab chhod dukht-e-raz ko
piri mein ai diwane ye kaun mastiyan hain

she said to me from now on / "from wine you should abstain!
o frenzied one, in dotage / by drunkenness what gain?"

jab main kaha ye us se 'sauda' se apne mil ke
is sal tu hai saqi aur mai-parastiyan hain

when i made a plea to her "with 'sauda' you should join
as this year saaqi you are there / and worshipping of wine”


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