Just Bliss

To express me was never a problem before

Thy festivity of today was never like this before

Who’s taken away your patience and peace?

You’ve been never so restive dear heart before

The manner her mystical eyes spellbound me

I was never charmed or so stimulated before

 Whose splendor replicates brilliance on you?

 Full moon! You had no such brilliance before

How I suffered in the lane of love is far beyond

Reaching my destination wasn’t so grim before

Dancing in the prison seems to be a newcomer

Chains’ clattering never heard like this before

Why beloved’s carefulness is so unmoved now

She was not that negligent about you before

Her way of looking at me was always hostile

The way she glares now! It was never before

What’s the reason get angry often with Zafar?

My adorable lady, it wasn’t thy nature, before

BAHADUR  SHAH ZAFAR

baat karnī mujhe mushkil kabhī aisī to na thī

jasī ab hai tirī mahfil kabhī aisī to na thī

le gayā chhīn ke kaun aaj tirā sabr o qarār

be-qarārī tujhe ai dil kabhī aisī to na thī

us kī āñkhoñ ne ḳhudā jaane kiyā kyā jaadū

ki tabī.at mirī maa.il kabhī aisī to na thī

aks-e-ruḳhsār ne kis ke hai tujhe chamkāyā

taab tujh meñ mah-e-kāmil kabhī aisī to na thī

ab kī jo rāh-e-mohabbat meñ uThā.ī taklīf

saḳht hotī hameñ manzil kabhī aisī to na thī

pā-e-kūbāñ koī zindāñ meñ nayā hai majnūñ

aatī āvāz-e-salāsil kabhī aisī to na thī

nigah-e-yār ko ab kyuuñ hai taġhāful ai dil

vo tire haal se ġhāfil kabhī aisī to na thī

chashm-e-qātil mirī dushman thī hamesha lekin

jaisī ab ho ga.ī qātil kabhī aisī to na thī

kyā sabab tū jo bigaḌtā hai ‘zafar’ se har baar

ḳhū tirī hūr-shamā.il kabhī aisī to na thī