Being human

Ima mujhe roke hai, jo khiche hai mujhe kufr , kabah mere piche hai , kalisa mere aage ” Virtue pulls me from behind but oh for the pull of temptations in front . With the ka’ba behind me it’s the heresy in front! 威而鋼
“Dame har maoj me hai , halqah – e sadkame nihang dekhe kya guzre hai qatre pe , guhar hone tak .” “For I would be the drop that turns into a pearl but the dangers all around with crocodiles ferocious with open jaws.”
Kahan maikhane ka darwaza Ghalib aaur kahan vaiz , par itna jante hai , kal voh jata tha ki hum nikle ! I only know that yesterday I saw him going in As I was coming out! who would have thought the tavern door playing a host to the priest? कहाँ मयखाने का दरवाजा और…
Mujhko dayare gair me mara vatan se dur , rakh li mere khuda neh , meri bekasi ki sharmoh For a death In a foreign land Far from a country that’s my own. And so has god saved me from disgrace of my own helplessness!
“Guncha phir laga khilne , aaj kiya hua dekha , gum Kiya hua Paya” The spring has come again and all around. Again the flowers have taken bloom I too have found my heart lost and stained with blood.
“Unke dekhe seh joh aa jati hai joh muh par raunak , woh samajhte hein ki bimar ka hal accha hai ” Even a sight of hers and my whole face brightens. Oh the irony of it ! For she feels I am better And my illness Is fading away! “When they see him,…