TRANSLITERATION

ishq kia hai, kia vafā, aur kia hai aas
bhuuk milne kī, ye jalne kī hai pyās

bandagī hai nām jis kā, maiñ hī huuñ
qaid meñ haiñ aap kī mere havās

huuñ judā sho.alā alāv se maiñ ek
aur tanhāī na aa.ē mujh ko rās

maiñ moallim huuñ vafā ka bas ki yuuñ
har patiñgā ho ke jātā mere pās

ik pareshāñ sā tafakkur zindagī
hai sabātī gar koī, tera qayās

………………… Ali Hammad Hami

 
TRANSLATION

Love? Loyalty? Hope?
A quest for reunion, a yearning to burn

An epitome of relinquishment, I am
Ever since you took charge of my senses

I’m a spark ejected from the conflagration
And I can’t come to terms with this aloneness

I am the preceptor of attachment, behold!
Each (flame-loving) moth comes to me (for initiation)

Nothing but a stray thought, this life
No constancy hither, other than your thought