guftugu un se roz hoti hai
muddaton samna nahin hota
daily I converse with her in my fantasy
very seldom is she ever face to face with me
Bashir Badr
ji bahut chahta hai sach bolen
kya karen hausla nahin hota
I want to speak only what's true
but courage fails, what can I do
Bashir Badr
kuchh to majburiyan rahi hongi
yun koi bewafa nahin hota
she would have had compulsions surely
faithless without cause no one can be
Bashir Badr
mandir gae masjid gae piron faqiron se mile
ek us ko pane ke liye kya kya kiya kya kya hua
went to temples,mosques, and saints,mendicants I saught
to find the one what all I did what on myself have brought
Bashir Badr
na tum hosh mein ho na hum hosh mein hain
chalo mai-kade mein wahin baat hogi
neither are you in your senses nor am I in mine
let us now go to the tavern and talk while we have wine
Bashir Badr
aat ka intizar kaun kare
aaj kal din mein kya nahin hota
why does one have to wait for night
what doesn't transpire in broad daylight
Bashir Badr
arsh tak jati thi ab lab tak bhi aa sakti nahin
rahm aa jata hai kyun ab mujh ko apni aah par
it cannot even reach my lips, it used to reach the highest skies
I feel compassion at the sorry condition of my sighs
Bayan Ahsaah Khan