Ya Rab! Ye Jahan-e-Guzran Khoob Hai Lekin Kyun Khawar Hain Mardan-e-Safa Kaish-o-Hunar Mand Lovely, oh Lord, this fleeting world; but Why must the frank heart, the quick brain, droop and sigh? Go Us Ski Khudai Mein Mahajan Ka Bhi Hai Haath Dunya To Samajhti Hai Farangi Ko Khudawand Though usury mingle somewhat with his godship, … Read more
اک دانش نورانی، اک دانش برہانی ہے دانش برہانی، حيرت کی فراوانی Ek Danish-e-Noorani, Ek Danish-e-Burhani Hai Danish-e-Burhani, Hairat Ki Farawani Reason is either luminous, or it seeks proofs; Proof‐seeking reason is but an excess of wonder. اس پيکر خاکی ميں اک شے ہے ، سو وہ تيری ميرے ليے مشکل ہے اس شے کی … Read more
اپنی جولاں گاہ زير آسماں سمجھا تھا ميں آب و گل کے کھيل کو اپنا جہاں سمجھا تھا ميں Apni Jolangah Zair-e-Asman Samjha Tha Mein Aab-o-Gil Ke Khail Ko Apna Jahan Samjha Tha Mein Methought (Me-thinks) my racing field lay under the skies, This plaything of water and clay, I regarded as my world; بے … Read more
Wohi Meri Kam Naseebi, Wohi Teri Be Niazi Mere Kaam Kuch Na Aya Ye Kamal-e-Ne Nawazi Mine ill luck the same and same, O Lord, the coldness on Your part: No useful aim has been served, By skill in poetic art. Mein Kahan Hun Tu Kahan Hai, Ye Makan Ke La-Makan Hai? Ye Jahan Mera … Read more
ضمير لالہ مے لعل سے ہوا لبريز اشارہ پاتے ہی صوفی نے توڑ دی پرہيز Zameer-e-Lala Mai’ay La’al Se Huwa Labraiz Ishara Pate Hi Sufi Ne Tor Di Parhaiz By dint of Spring the poppy‐cup, With vintage red is over‐flown, With her advent the hermit too temperance to the wind hath thrown. بچھائی ہے جو … Read more
Tujhe Yaad Kya Nahin Hai Mere Dil Ka Woh Zamana Woh Adab Gah-e-Mohabbat, Woh Nigah Ka Taziyana Have You forgotten then my heart of old, That college of Love, that whip that bright eyes hold? Ye Butan-e-Asar-e-Hazir Ke Bane Hain Madrasay Mein Na Ada’ay Kafirana, Na Taraash-e-Azrana The school‐bred demi‐goddesses of this age Lack the … Read more
Mataa-e-Bebaha Hai Dard-o-Souz-e-Arzoo-Mandi Maqam-e-Bandagi De Kar Na Loon Shan-e-Khudawandi Slow fire of longing—wealth beyond compare; I will not change my prayer‐mat for Heaven’s chair! Tere Azad Bandon Ki Na Ye Dunya, Na Woh Dunya Yahan Merne Ki Pabandi, Wahan Jeene Ki Pabandi Ill fits this world of Your freemen, ill the next, Death’s hard yoke … Read more
مٹا ديا مرے ساقی نے عالم من و تو پلا کے مجھ کو مے لا الہ الا ھو Mitta Diya Mere Saqi Ne Alam-E-Mann-o-Tu Pila Ke Mujh Ko Mai-e-‘La ILLAHA ILLAH HOO’ My Saki made me drink the wine of ‘There is no god but He’, From the illusive world of sense, This cup divine … Read more