4:53 AM

My Ignorance!

Ignorance is what has always turned me astray,
Brave thoughts have no place to stay,
When the desires rise to the zeal.
I become greed, and then come what may.
I go to the pundits seeking truth,
And to the masjids professing my ruth,
Gypsies welcome with their whizzing words,
But I have no strength to learn what’s said.
I go on lurching in disdain instead.
I learn the books of science, must.
I learn the laws for breach of trust.
I learn the fairytales that are ancient and old.
But I do not find that place where the truth is sold.
Sacredness that once was my friend,
Fades away within me with the changing trends,
Failing to find the righteous path,
Reining low this belligerent wrath,
Reckoning myself where I have turned?
On which path my faith has tumbled and burned?
No excuse would I have for that day.
As I was the one myself making the way.
Ignorance is what has turned me astray.
-Salman Rajan

4:53 AM

How many more?

How many more years ?
How many sunsets?
How many more tears?
How many heart breaks?
 

-Sr

4:52 AM

Choti Batien.

Islye me un say kuch nahy kehta -Iztaraab
Choti baatou pe woh rooth jaya kartay hain.
-Sr

4:51 AM

In these embattled zones..

In the embattled zones within,
no one stands by me,
alone I stand,Weak I am,
no one is there to call truce,
How to drink this cup of sadness?
and sadness prevails. I get consumed by it.

-Sr

3:55 AM

Khuda ki hikmat!

Izhaar-e-Tashakkur kya kijeyey us Devi ka?
Woh tu khud matti ki moorat hai.

Asal khudai tu Khuda mein hai.
Jis ki har shabih zahoor-e-hikmat hai.

-Sr

3:54 AM

Agar Na Ho Bechainy

Log kehte hain  ~Iztaraab "buhat bechain hai tu!"
Kehdo logoun say!
Zindage be sabab hai meri!
Agar na ho bechaini.

Samandar ki kaai mein.
Har fiqr ki aagaahy mein
Zindage be sabab hai meri!
Agar na ho bechaini.

Barishoun ki bound mein.
Neind ki har oungh mein.
Zindage be sabab hai meri!
Agar na ho bechaini.

Dosti k haath mein.
Chaandni raat mein.
Zindage be sabab hai meri!
Agar na ho bechaini.

Gum k andheraiy mein.
Irtiqa k pheairay mein.
Zindage be sabab hai meri!
Agar na ho bechaini.

Khushi k safar mein.
Tanhai k ghar mein.
Zindage be sabab hai meri!
Agar na ho bechaini.

Bazaaroun k shor mein.
Raastoun k mor mein.
Zindage be sabab hai meri!
Agar na ho bechaini.

Kehta hai Salman Mujh se ~Iztaraab!
Keifyat kya hai taari tunay khd par ki hue?
Kaha menay us say "Zindage be sabab hai meri!
Agar na ho bechaini."



-Sr

10:23 AM

Chor na dunyaadaari

Choro na is dunyadaari ko
Chalo na meray saath
Is baar niklenge duur kahyn
Jahan tum aur mein houn saath.

Tordenge un rasmoun ko
Chalo na meray saath
Naye tareekh raqam karenge
Tordenge saaray rivaaj.

Is baar jo chalogay sath tum
na houngay phr kabhi hum door
Chalo na meray saath
Liye haathoun me haath.

-Sr

10:22 AM

Inquilaab tu ajaana!

Mein rahun , na rahun
Inquilaab tu ajaana.

Sounay ki adat hai meri qoum ko,
Tu aakr jaga jaana.
Bas Inquilaab tu ajaana.

Jagenge yeh bhy kabhi hai yaqeen mujh ko,
bas ik kaari zarb laga jana.
Inquilaab tu ajaana.

Asman talay duaein bht kien hain hath utha k,
Ab ki baar bas ajaana.
Inquilaab tu ajaana.

-Sr

10:21 AM

Naya Saal

Phir paida kar Khudi mein woh Fiqr-e-~Iztaraab,
Ek nayye subha ka Sooraj Tera Intizarr Karta Hai.