raat bhii niind bhii kahaanii bhii
raat bhii niind bhii kahaanii bhii
haaye kyaa chiiz hai javaanii bhii
ek paiGaam-e-zi.ndaganii bhii
aashiqii marg-e-naagahaanii bhii
[paiGaam=message; marg-e-naagahaanii - sudden death]
is adaa kaa terii javaab nahii.n
meharabanii bhii saragaraanii bhii
[saragaraanii=anger]
dil ko apane bhii Gam the duniyaa me.n
kuchh balaaye.N thii aasmaanii bhii
ma.nsab-e-dil Khushii luTaataa hai
Gam-e-pi.nhaa.N bhii paasabaanii bhii
[ma.nsab=stature]
dil ko sholo.n se karatii hai sairaab
zi.ndagii aag bhii hai paanii bhii
[sairaab=to water/irrigate]
shaad-kaamo.n ko ye nahii.n taufiiq
dil-e-Gamagii.n kii shaadamaanii bhii
[shaad-kaamo.n=fortunate people; taufiiq=capability]
[Gamagii.n=immersed in sorrow; shaadamaanii=joy]
laakh husn-e-yaqii.n se ba.Dakar hai
in nigaaho.n kii badagumaanii bhii
ta.nganaa-e-dil-e-malaal me.n hai
behr-e-hastii kii bekaraanii bhii
[ta.nganaa-e-dil-e-malaal=within the limited space of a sad heart]
[behr-e-hastii=ocean of life; bekaraanii=unbounded/limitless]
ishq-e-naakaam kii hai parachhaa_ii
shaadamaanii bhii kaamaraanii bhii
[ishq-e-naakaam=failed love/unrequited love]
[shaadamaanii=happiness; kaamaraanii=success]
dekh dil ke nigaar-Khaane me.n
zaKhm-e-pi.nhaa.N kii hai nishaanii bhii
[nigaar-Khaanaa=studio (art)/also a place where many beautiful girls collect]
[zaKhm=wound; pi.nhaa.N=hidden/buried]
Khalq kyaa-kyaa mujhe nahii.n kahatii
kuchh sunuu.N mai.n terii zabaanii bhii
[Khalq=world]
aaye taariiKh-e-ishq me.n sau baar
maut ke daur-daramiyaanii bhii
[taariiKh-e-ishq=history of love; daur=age/era]
[darmiyaanii=in between]
apanii maasuumiyo.n ke parde me.n
ho ga_ii vo nazar sayaanii bhii
[maasuumiyaa.N=innocence; sayaanii=grown up]
din ko suuraj-mukhii hai vo naugul
raat ko vo hai raat-raanii bhii
[suuraj-mukhii=sunflower; naugul=new flower]
[raat-raanii=a flower known for its heady fragrance]
dil-e-badanaam tere baare me.n
log kahate hai.n ik kahaanii bhii
nazm karate ko_ii na_ii duniyaa
ki ye duniyaa hu_ii puraanii bhii
[nazm=reconstruct/build again]
dil ko aadaab-e-ba.ndagii bhii na aaye
kar gaye log hukmaraanii bhii
[aadaab-e-ba.ndagii=ways of servitude]
jaur-e-kam-kam kaa shukriyaa bas hai
aap kii itanii meharabaanii bhii
[jaur=oppression]
dil me.n ik huuk bhii uThe ai dost
yaad aa_ii terii javaanii bhii
sar se paa tak sapurdagii kii adaa
ek andaaz-e-turkamaanii bhii
[paa=feet; sapurdagii=to give in; turkamaanii=rebellious]
paas rahanaa kisii kaa raat kii raat
mehamaanii bhii mezabaanii bhii
[mezabaan=host]
jo na aks-e-jabiin-e-naaz ki hai
dil me.n ik nuur-e-kahakashaanii bhii
[aks-e-jabiin-e-naaz=image of one's beloved's forehead]
[nuur=light; kahakashaa.N=Milky Way]
zindagii ain diid-e-yaar "Firaq"
zindagii hijr kii kahaanii bhii
[ain=in reality; (ain has many meanings, this is one)]
[diid-e-yaar=a look at one's beloved; hijr=separation]
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