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وقت رخصت کا آ گیا لیکن ہم گھبرائے نہیں

اس کو کیا کھونا جس کو کبھی پایا ہی نہیں

پروین شاکر ~

Waqt rukhsat ka aa gaya lekin hum ghabraye nahi

Uss ko kya khona jis ko kabhi paya hi nahi

Parveen Shakir ~

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غلطی بس اتنی تھی کہ پھولوں کے ساۓ میں چھپے ہوئے سانپ کو نہ دیکھ سکیں ~

Ghalti bas itni thi k phoolon k saye main chupe hue saanp ko na dekh saki ~

اپنی آنکھوں کے سمندر میں مجھے اُتر جانے دے

میں تیری مجرم ہوں ، مجھے اُن میں ڈوب کر مر جانے دے ~

Apni aankhon k samundar main mujhe utar jaane de

Mai teri mujrim hoon, mujhe un main doob kar mar jaane de ~

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یہ کس طرح یاد آ رہے ہو، یہ خواب کیسا دکھا رہے ہو

کہ جیسے سچ مچ نگاہ کے سامنے کھڑے مسکرا رہے ہو ~

Yeh kis tarah yaad aa rhe ho, yeh khwaab kesa dikha rhe ho

K jaise sach much nigah k samne khare muskura rhe ho ~

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یہ محبت کے حادثے اکثر دلوں کو توڑ دیتے ہیں

تم منزل کی بات کرتے ہو ، لوگ راہوں میں چھوڑ جاتے ہیں ~

Yeh muhabbat k haadse aksar dilon ko tor dete hain

Tum manzil ki baat karte ho, log raahon mai chor jaate hain ~

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تیری صورت کا دیوانہ کوئی اور ہوگا

میں نے تو تجھے دیکھے بغیر عشق کیا ہے ~

Teri soorat ka deewana koi aur hoga

Mai ne tou tujhe dekhe baghair ishq kiya hai ~

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آؤ مل کر ڈھونڈ لے کوئی وجہ ایک ہونے کی

یوں بکھرے بکھرے نہ تم اچھے لگتے ہو اور نہ ہم ~

Ao mil kar dhoond le koi wajah ek hone ki

Yun bikhre bikhre na tum ache lagte ho aur na hum ~

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کبھی کبھی الفاظ نہیں ہوتے دل کی کیفیت بیان کرنے کو

بس دل کرتا ہے کوئی مجھے سمجھ لے، سنبھال لے، سمیٹ لے

Kabhi kabhi alfaaz nahi hote dil ki kefiyat bayan karne ko

Bas dil karta hai koi mujhe samajh le, sambhal le, samet le ~

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تیرا لوٹ کر آنا ممکن نہ ہو سکا

ایسی رات ہوئی کہ پھر دن نہ ہو سکا

ایک تجھے پانے کی خاطر سب کو کھو دیا میں نے

اور ایک تو ہی مجھ کو حاصل نہ ہو سکا ~

Tera laut kar aana mumkin na ho saka

Aisi raat hui k phir din na ho saka

Ek tujhe paane ki khatir sab ko kho diya mai ne

Aur ek tu hi mujh ko hasil na ho saka ~

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ہمیں بھی شوق تھا دریائے عشق میں تیرنے کا

ایک لہر نے ایسا ڈبویا کہ ابھی تک کنارہ نہیں ملا ~

Humain bhi shoq tha darya e ishq mai terne ka

Ek leher ne aisa dubaya k abhi tak kinara nahi mila ~

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داستاں ختم ہونے والی ہے

تم میری آخری محبت ہو

جون ایلیا ~

Dastaan khatam hone wali hai

Tum meri akhiri muhabbat ho

Jaun Elia ~

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مجھے ستاروں سے بھری ہوئی راتیں پسند ہیں ، دور سے سنی اُس کی باتیں پسند ہیں

تعریف کے قابل ہیں اُس کے بال مگر پھر بھی ، مجھے سب زیادہ اُس کی آنکھیں پسند ہیں ~

Mujhe sitaaron se bhari hui raatain pasand hain, door se suni uski baatain pasand hain

Tareef k qabil hain uske baal magar phir bhi, mujhe sab se zyada uski aankhain pasand hain ~

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وقت نے ختم کر دیے سارے وسیلے شوق کے

دِل تھا، اُلٹ پُلٹ گیا، آنکھ تھی، بُجھ بُجھا گئی

رحمان فارسؔ ~

Waqt ne khatam kar diye saare waseelay shoq k

Dil tha, ulat pulat gaya, aankh thi, bhuj bhuja gayi

Rehman Faris ~

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‏اظہارِ محبت کروں یا پوچھ لوں طبیعت ان کی

اے دل ، کوئی تو بہانہ بتا اُن سے بات کرنے کی ~

Izhar e muhabbat karu yaa pooch lu tabiyat unki

Aye dil, koi tou bahana bata unse baat karne ki ~

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میں تباہ ہوں تیرے عشق میں، تجھے دوسروں کا خیال ہے

کچھ غور کر میرے مسئلوں پہ بھی، میری زندگی کا سوال ہے

Mai tabah hoon tere ishq mai, tujhe dusron ka khayal hai

Kuch ghaur kar mere maslon pe bhi, meri zindagi ka sawal hai

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کچھ یوں ملی نظر ان سے

کہ باقی سب نظر انداز ہو گئے ~

Kuch yu milli nazar unse

K baqi sab nazar andaaz ho gaye ~

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کس طرح چھوڑ دوں تمہیں جاناں

تم میری زندگی کی عادت ہو

جون ایلیاء ~

Kis tarah chor du tumhe janaan

Tum meri zindagi ki aadat ho

Jaun Elia ~

اُسے ملو تو عید مبارک کہنا

یہ بھی کہنا کہ میری عید مبارک کر دے

Ussay milo tou Eid Mubarak kehna

Yeh bhi kehna k meri Eid Mubarak kar de

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یوں تو بازارِ عشق میں ہمارے منتظر تھے کئی

مگر ہم کو جس کی چاہ تھی وہ شخص ہم کو ملا نہیں ~

Yoon tou bazaar e ishq mai hamare muntazir the kayi

Magar hum ko jis ki chaah thi woh shakhs hum ko mila nahi ~

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[read the previous poems for context ly]

Letters from Juliet (IV)

I woke up today and realised

that it isn't about your name not being there on my lips

it's not about the roses not smelling like you

or the coffee not reminding me of us

or me not being afraid of thunder anymore

It's the fact that I wish it wasn't this way

I , deeply, desperately, delusionally wish for -

my lips to be stained by your name

not just roses but every single flower to remind me of you

me to be scared of every thunderstorm

and that is because

a part of me

a stupid godamn part of me

wishes that you'll be there to comfort me

maybe I'm still holding onto that part of me

a poet Ahmad Faraz once said

"ranjish hī sahī dil hī dukhāne ke liye aa

aa phir se mujhe chhoḌ ke jaane ke liye aa"

Just the thought of you coming back generates more happiness than the inherent pain of you walking away

which you will

you always do

with so much ease

it makes me question humanity

Maybe you didn't like me

but just for humanity,

I expected you to turn around

but you didn't

Or maybe you did and I didn't catch you

(Even though I haven't looked away since the first time I saw you)

how is it so easy for you?

how is it so hard for me?

did you ever have tears in your eyes for me?

No

No you didn't

I did

Way too many times

I have them in my eyes right now

I don't know why I have them

Maybe I am sad that you have left

maybe I am sad that I didn't leave with you

Maybe I am sad that you left with someone else

Maybe I am worried that this "someone" won't love you as much as I did

Maybe I am worried that this "someone" does love you as much as I did

Maybe I am angry that I made a fool of myself

That I wasted my time on you

maybe that's all you were

a waste of time and energy

maybe that's how I want to remember it

But the stupid part of me won't let that happen

I want to remember you as my first love

As the first person I shared a part of myself with

The first person who made me feel stupid

The person who made me a hopeless romantic

And then left me hopelessly

and now I want to turn into you

I want to pretend to care

I want to pretend to like someone

I don't want to be a hopeless romantic anymore

So that just the way I fixed you

Someone fixes me

I am sure many people want to

Many people are stupid like me

Yk the worst thing about habits?

they take 21 days to form

But won't even go away in 21 years

(I can't confirm it I'm still 16)

"Marne ke baad bhi meri aankhen khuli rhi

Aadat pari thi inhe intezaar ki"

~habits

maybe it's not even the "habit"

maybe it's just the aftertaste of it

maybe the aftertaste is like a scar

which heals over time but still leaves an imprint

"i looked down on my body

only to find myself drowned in those footprints

a sign of visitors"

I have to come to terms with it

That I am here and will always be

But you have walked away

far away

I have to let these scars heal

I have to

I can't let them stay open

they'll catch an infection

maybe I want them to

because that stupid part of me

hopelessly hopes that'll you'll come to treat it

that you'll kiss it better

you won't

someone will

someone will walk in to treat all the wounds they didn't create

someone will walk in to heal something they didn't break

"i saw the tides gently wipe away some of these footprints while leaving the most

only to make space for more visitors to come

the visitors leave , their footprints stay

until another visitor walks over them"