hum aisi kul kitaben qabil-e-zabti samajhte hain
ki jin ko paDh ke laDke bap ko KHabti samajhte hain
we do deem all those books fit for confiscation
that sons read and think their fathe
Akbar Allahabadi
har zarra chamakta hai anwar-e-ilahi se
har sans ye kahti hai hum hain to KHuda bhi hai
each speck does glitter with heavens brilliant glare
each breath proclaims if I, exist God too is there
Akbar Allahabadi
hue is qadar mohazzab kabhi ghar ka munh na dekha
kaTi umr hoTalon mein mare aspatal ja kar
stayed away from home, on being so gentrified
spent ones life in hotels, in hospitals then died
Akbar Allahabadi
jab main kahta hun ki ya allah mera haal dekh
hukm hota hai ki apna nama-e-amal dekh
when I seek to say, O Lord look at my state
he bids me to the account of my deeds to date
Akbar Allahabadi
jo kaha main ne ki pyar aata hai mujh ko tum par
hans ke kahne laga aur aap ko aata kya hai
laughing, she inquired when, I said "I love you"
is there anything else at all that you know to do
Akbar Allahabadi
khincho na kamanon ko na talwar nikalo
jab top muqabil ho to aKHbar nikalo
neither bow and arrow nor a sword do you require
pubish a newspaper when faced with cannon fire
Akbar Allahabadi
mazhabi bahs main ne ki hi nahin
faltu aql mujh mein thi hi nahin
from sectarian debate refrained
for I was not so scatter-brained
Akbar Allahabadi