Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Jise gandum ka ek daana hazm na hota ho

Urdu
Jise gandum ka ek daana hazm na hota ho
Who naan ki baat na karey to kya karey
Paani meiN rahna mach-liyoN ka kaam hai
SaaNp ghabra ker bahar na aye to kya karey
Jiska na ho koi mad-dah o dadrasah
Ta-an apni dhol na bajaye to kya karey
Jiska dil ho sokhta, ser para para
Woh khaak na uraye to kya karey!

English
Who could’nt digest a grain of wheat
Why would'nt he talk of pastries and cakes
Water is an abode of fishes
Why would’nt smothered snakes escape
Who could’nt have a cheer of praise
Why would’nt he beat his drums one to make
Head in shreds, heart burnt to dust
Why would’nt he raise storms in his wake!

Shah baaz

Monday, August 20, 2007

Chor dey i-raada bandagi kaa


Chor dey i-raada bandagi kaa
Aajizi ka, parsai kaa
Phor ley apni aaNkhein

Khaa-key qasmeiN bandagi ka

Wednesday, August 15, 2007

बर्न the candle with your finger


Aati hai na janey kahaN sey yeh bala
Iman waloN ko deti hai yeh sada
AafreeN aazab-e-ilm be-amli ka sakht hai
Bey-gosh naa-beena bhala ,aag ko daaman sey jalaa



bey-gosh = without ears naa-beena= without eyes






The following is my English poetry bordering on the same feelings. It is a sarcasm on the mindset of my community here!


Where-from the ghosts descend
With plaintiff call they rend
Severe is the punishment
Knowledge sans accomplishment
Deaf and blinds have passed the tests
Light your fires with your tents.
















Kiska hai yeh waswasa: Whose insinuation is the whisper

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Kiska hai yeh waswa-saa
kiskii hai yeh sargoshi
tu sahib-e-imaan hai
ya hai tu weh-shi
tan-0-tan sajdah karey
mun-o-mun madhoshii


The following is my english poetry on the same subject.
Is it devils whisper

Or my beloved’s new song
You swore by your faith
Yet you lost your way
With heaps of your bowings
You marked your way
Yet your twinkling heart
You threw away.

WAMA TAUFIQUI ILLA BILLAH
Shah Baaz

Sunday, August 12, 2007

Salaam na gunjey itna!

Kehtey haiN aam ho ay-yaazi itni
Salaam guNjey, do aam ho faii-yaazi itni
Mitey furquat wafaa o jafaa meiN

KareiN haiN salaam meiN gham-maazi itni
Shah Baz