Faiz Ahmed Faiz

Posted by: Tanveer Rauf on: November 24, 2017

• In: Poetry
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1- aa.e to yuuñ ki jaise hamesha the mehrbān

bhūle to yuuñ ki goyā kabhī āshnā na the

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1- She came  as if she’d been cordial forever

When overlooked; ignored as if she knew never

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2–aur bhī dukh haiñ zamāne meñ mohabbat ke sivā

rāhateñ aur bhī haiñ vasl kī rāhat ke sivā

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2–Besides allure are sorrows; that life provides
Comforts are more than love’s union provides

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3- aur kyā dekhne ko baaqī hai

aap se dil lagā ke dekh liyā

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3– What’s further more is left to see now

I’ve experienced being in love with you

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4–dil nā-umiid to nahīñ nākām hī to hai

lambī hai ġham kī shaam magar shaam hī to hai

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4–The heart is not hopeless, it’s just a failure

Though murky and long night; but only failure

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5– donoñ jahān terī mohabbat meñ haar ke

vo jā rahā hai koī shab-e-ġham guzār ke

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5– Lost all wealth and values in thy love

He’s giving way gloomy life in thy love

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6– duniyā ne terī yaad se begāna kar diyā

tujh se bhī dil-fareb haiñ ġham rozgār ke

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6–The world has made me forget you

Trials of life draw me more than you

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7–guloñ meñ rañg bhare baad-e-nau-bahār chale

chale bhī aao ki gulshan kā kārobār chale

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7– Spring breeze is filled with flowers’ fragrance

Come love; let garden carry on its business

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8–ham parvarish-e-lauh-o-qalam karte raheñge

jo dil pe guzartī hai raqam karte raheñge

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8 We’ll continue to nurture pen and paper

Whatever heart bears, we’ll write on paper

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9–ik fursat-e-gunāh milī vo bhī chaar din

dekhe haiñ ham ne hausle parvardigār ke

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9 Got a way to enjoy relation for few days

Deplore to see god’s patience to allow stay

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10 kar rahā thā ġham-e-jahāñ kā hisāb

aaj tum yaad be-hisāb aa.e

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10– While calculating tribulations during life

Remembered you today more than ever in life

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11– maqām ‘faiz’ koī raah meñ jachā hī nahīñ

jo kū-e-yaar se nikle to sū-e-daar chale

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11 No place fascinated Faiz on his way

Going away from his beloved’s home

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12–na gul khile haiñ na un se mile na mai pī hai

ajiib rañg meñ ab ke bahār guzrī hai

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12– Neither the flowers bloomed nor met beloved

What an out of the way, the spring is adhered

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13– na jaane kis liye ummīd-vaar baiThā huuñ

ik aisī raah pe jo terī rahguzar bhī nahīñ

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13–Why am I waiting as an optimistic runner?

On the way that doesn’t even go thy manor

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14– tere qaul-o-qarār se pahle

apne kuchh aur bhī sahāre the

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14– Before your promises and confessions

I had various friends and connections

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15– tumhārī yaad ke jab zaḳhm bharne lagte haiñ

kisī bahāne tumheñ yaad karne lagte haiñ

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15– When agony of thy memory start to sink

In some way I remember you and think

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