Sunday, April 21, 2019

नहीं हूँ मैं

दाइम पड़ा हुआ तिरे दर पर नहीं हूँ मैं 
ख़ाक ऐसी ज़िंदगी पे कि पत्थर नहीं हूँ मैं 

Lying perpetually at your doorsteps, I am not?
Shame on a life like this for I am not a stone. 

If first line is not read with a question mark it can also be interpreted as poets desire to be just a stone at believers door. 
क्यूँ गर्दिश-ए-मुदाम से घबरा न जाए दिल 
इंसान हूँ पियाला ओ साग़र नहीं हूँ मैं 

Why should I be afraid of perpetual circulation (or pushing and shoving around?)
After all I am a human being not a goblet/decanter. 
(Goblet used to be passed around in mehfils)

या-रब ज़माना मुझ को मिटाता है किस लिए 
लौह-ए-जहाँ पे हर्फ़-ए-मुकर्रर नहीं हूँ मैं

O! Lord why does the world keep erasing me?
I am not a letter written by mistake twice on the slate of the world.  
** I am not a redundant being regardless of how world treats me.

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