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Na kisi ki aankh ka noor hoon-(2)
na kisi ke dil ka qaraar hoon
jo kisi ke kaam na aa sake
main woh ek musht-e-gubbaar hoon
na kisi ki aankh ka noor hoon
na to main kisi ka habib hoon
na to main kisi ka raqeeb hoon
jo bigad gayaa woh naseeb hoon
jo ujad gayaa woh dayaar hoon
na kisi ki aankh ka noor hoon
meraa rang roop bigad gayaa
meraa yaar mujh se bichhad gayaa
jo chaman khizaan se ujad gayaa
main us hi ki fasal-e-bahaar hoon
na kisi ki aankh ka noor hoon
aye faatehaa koi aaye kyun
koi chaar phool chadhaaye kyun
koi aa ke shammaa jalaaye kyun
main woh be-kasi ka mazaar hoon
na kisi ki aankh ka noor hoon
not the light of any one's eyes,
nor the solace for any one's heart
of no use to anyone,
I am that one fistful of dust
I am not the song infusing life,
why would anyone want to hear me
I am the sound of separation,
I am the wail of much distress
my complexion and beauty is ravaged,
my beloved is parted from me
the garden that got ruined in autumn,
I am the crop of its spring
I am neither anyone's friend,
nor am I anyone's rival
the one that is ruined, I am that fate
the one that is destroyed, that land
why should anyone come to sing a requiem
why should anyone come to offer four flowers
why should anyone come to light a candle
I am the tomb of that destitution
The Urdu one was written by my dearest friend BS Zafar ...
It has been translated to English by a Russian student of Urdu poetry, Philip Nikolayev
Attached is a pic of QH as he looked in my dream 😉
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