raushan raushan raushan aankhen yun markuz hui hain jaise main hi main hun mujh mein la-tadad fasane aur maani hain main sad-ha asrar chhupae phirta hun main khush-qismat hun mere sath jahan-e-rang-o-ranai hai aur daricha-band nihan-khanon se ruh-e-yazdan ki khushbu uthti hai mera sar o masham moattar karti hai aur meri taqdir jahan par khalq hui hai jo arman kisi ke dil mein hai main us ki khushbu hun wa-hasrat ka arz o sama mein phaila naghma jab mahbub talak ja pahunche to phir main aawaz nahin rahta hun aur na shiryanon ka bahta khun-kharaba balki lafz-e-mutlaq ban jata hun mist aankhen yun markuz hui hain jaise main hi main hun aur nahin hai koi sachchi baat magar hai itni main murdar samundar hun ehsas ziyan ka jhonka hai aankhen bol nahin sakti hain aur badan binai se mahrum hua hai lekin main to ab tak khwab-zada taswiren dekh raha hun aur samundar ke parbat par thahra jangal bite giton se pur jangal azali khamoshi ke haale mein thar-thar kanp raha hai sadiyan saye shokh fasilen aamanna saddaqna ai-lo! suraj chand sitare dharti ke sine par utre meri rahguzar par bikhre halki maddham aur musalsal harkat manzil phul kanwal ka phul adam ke bahr-e-be-payan mein tanha jhule bahar par markuz nigahon se makhfi lafz-e-mutlaq tanha aur udas kanwal par jhilmil jhilmil phut baha mauhum rida-e-koh-o-dasht-o-daman duniya-e-man-o-tu par chhai phiki phiki ho kar phail gai dhul bani apna ganw, gori ke panw tak dhundlae phaili raushan aur nirali dhund, aur dhund aur dhund bright, glowing, luminous all eyes are drawn to me as if there is only me in me are countless stories and meanings i roam, hundreds of secrets hidden in my breast i'm fortunate the beautiful, vibrant world is with me and from hidden windowless compartments, the divine soul's fragrance rises perfuming my cold sense of smell and the place where my fate was written. i am the fragrance of the desires of someone's heart. when yearning's spreading song over earth and sky reaches the beloved then i am not a voice any more nor the desolate blood flowing in the veins i become the absolute word. all eyes are drawn towards me as if i am the only one, there is no one else but the truth is merely this: i'm an ocean dead. emotion is a gentle breeze of loss eyes cannot speak and my body deprived of sight but i am seeing dreamlike images and the forest sitting on the crest of the ocean filled with the songs of yesteryears shivers uncontrollably in the circle of eternal silence centuries, shadows, barbed fences, total agreement. look! sun, moon and sky descend to the earth's breast scatter on my path softly, slowly and perpetually destination, flower, lotus flower swing alone in the fathomless ocean of eternity outside, hidden from focused eyes, the absolute word bursts forth with a twinkle, flowing over the lonely, sad lotus a hazy mantle envelops mountains, valleys, shades our world, yours and mine diffuses, weakens and turns to dust our village and even the feet of the maiden became muddied as a bright, unique mist spreads, more mist...more..