Meg Index | September 2001 Index

Date: 12-Sep-2001
Poet: Faiz Ahmad Faiz

himmat-e-iltijaa nahii.n baaqii
zabt kaa hausalaa nahii.n baaqii

[himmat-e-iltijaa = strength to plead]
[baaqii = remaining; zabt = tolerance/restraint]

ik terii diid chhin ga_ii mujh se
varnaa duniyaa me.n kyaa nahii.n baaqii

[diid = sight/view]

apanii mashq-e-sitam se haath na khe.nch
mai.n nahii.n yaa vafaa nahii.n baaqii

[mashq-e-sitam = practice of tormenting/oppression]

terii chashm-e-alam_navaaz kii Khair
dil me.n ko_ii gilaa nahii.n baaqii

[alam_navaaz = consoling when in grief]

ho chukaa Khatm ahad-e-hijr-o-visaal
zindagii me.n mazaa nahii.n baaqii

[ahad = promise; hij-o-visaal = separation and union/meeting]