aasimk

[aasimk]

Kya mai usse aakhri baar mil paaunga ? Shayad nahi

Usne toh meri uljhi tadpi hui siskiyan suni hai akhri baar

Kya usko mera hasna yaad hoga ?Shayad nahi

Jab mere jism se meri rooh ko nikala jaayega

Laakh honge waha pe chahne wale mere

Par maine jisko chaha tha woh hoga kya ? Shayad nahi

Meri safed daadhi aur chand baal zameen pe ek aakhri saans pekhti meri rooh

Us waqt jab mai ja raha hounga

Uska bebaaq hasta chehra hoga mere samne

Kya ye baat usko pata hogi ?Shayad nahi

Jaise maine ta’umr tumhe khaabo me hi piroya hai

Waise hi iss dafa lambhi neend so jaaunga

Aur woh shayad hogi meri saamne

Kya mujhe pata hoga ?Shayad nahi.

-aasim

[aasimk]

Come embrace me because we may never see such a beautiful night again

Or maybe we may never have such a chance again during this lifetime.

Come into my arms...

I have been given today, this time, by destiny.

To your heart's content see me closely

Phir apke naseeb main ye baat ho na ho

Shayad phir is janam main mulaqat ho na ho.

-Mehdi Ali Khan

[aasimk]

[aasimk]

when you miss them a little too much:

dil ki nazuk ragein toot ti hain, yaad itna bhi koi na aaye.

“The heart’s fragile strings shatter, One shouldn’t be remembered to this extent”

[aasimk]

“ kisi se boht zyda mohabbat karne ki qeemat yeh hai ke dobara kisi aur se mohabbat na ki jaye ”

- “ The price of loving someone very much is never loving anyone again ”

- Fyodor Dostoevsky

[aasimk]

Jo hai tera labh jaayega

Karke koi bahaana

Tere bass mein kuch vi nahi hai

Dil nu eh samjhavan

Tu jhoom jhoom jhoom jhoom

Tu jhoom jhoom jhoom jhoom

جو ہے تیرا لابھ جائیگا کرکے کوئی بہانا

تیرے باس میں کچھ بھی نہیں ہے دل نو اہ سمجھاون

تو جھوم جھوم جھوم جھوم

تو جھوم جھوم جھوم جھوم

-abida parveen

[aasimk]

Mere khayaal se tum hi ho wahi

Jiske khuwaab mujhe har raat aate hai,

Jiske zulf dhoop me saaye ban jaate hai

Jiske lafz mere marham-e-azaar ban jaate hai,

bayaan-e-hoor ki koi inteha nahi uske

siyah-chashmagii se jiske meri betaabi paar ho jaaye,

Mere khayal ss tum hi ho wahi

Jiske khuwaab mujhe har raat aate hai..!

-aasim

میرے خیال سے تم ہی ہو وہی

جس کے خواب مجھے ہر رات آتے ہیں،

جس کی زلف دھوپ میں سائے بن جاتے ہیں

جس کے لفظ میرے مرہمِ آزار بن جاتے ہیں،

بیانِ حور کی کوئی انتہا نہیں اُس کی

سیاہ چشمگی سے جس کے میری بےتابی پار ہو جائے،

میرے خیال سے تم ہی ہو وہی

جس کے خواب مجھے ہر رات آتے ہیں۔

-عاصم

[aasimk]

Kitni haseen kitni Rukhsar-e-gul

Ke nabz-e-bismil me damm aagae,

Harf-e-sukoon yun mehekte

Ki surat-e-gham pe sitare aagae,

Mere zavaal pe the sawaal kayi

Ek tere hone ke urooj pe mere gumaan aagae,

Ghafil tha mai ehsaas se

Tere aane pe mere saare jazbaat aagae,

Mehfil me Khamosh teri phir bhi

Tere qareeb rehene pe raqs-e-dil ke nazare aagae,

Tu duniya woh jo haasil na ho kabhi

Magar tere kuch lamhe rukne se jannat aagae

-aasim

[aasimk]

When Kafka said ‘the separation into two people is unbearable’ and when Faiz said ‘phir dekhe hain vo hijr ke tapte hue din bhi, jab fikr-e-dil-o-jan mein fughan bhul gai hai’ and Faraz said ‘ham ke ruthi hui rut ko bhi mana lete the, ham ne dekha hi na tha mausam-e-hijran janan’

[aasimk]

Raat yun dil mein teri, khoyi hui yaad aayi

Jaise viraane mein chupke se bahaar aa jaye

Jaise sahraon mein haule se chale baad-ae-naseem

Jaise bimaar ko be-wajaah quraar aa jaaye

(Faiz Ahmed faiz)

Last night your faded memory came to me

As in the wilderness spring comes quietly,

As, slowly, in the desert, moves the breeze,

As, to a sick man, without cause, comes peace.

[aasimk]

“taskin ko ham nah ro’yeñ jo żauq-e nazar mile // hūrān-e khuld meīn terī sūrat magar mile.”

- If we had obtained the relish of sight, we wouldn’t have wept over the lost peace of mind // perhaps among the hourain of paradise your face/form might be available

مرزا غالب

[aasimk]

guzishta ehd guzarne mein hi nahi ata

ye hadisa bhi likhun mujzun ke khanay mein

jo rad huey the jahan mein kayi sadi pehle

wo log hum par musalat hain is zamane mein

Jaun Elia

[aasimk]

I’m looking after myself and the days are slowly sliding into nothingness so keep your chins up. Even the miserable half-hour every fortnight is better than the complete absence of beloved faces, so I look forward to the Thursday that will bring its respite to the days of hopeful waiting.

Faiz’s Letters to Alys, 1959

[aasimk]

In English we say :

possessiveness

But in urdu we say :

“Nahin pasand mohabbat mein milaawat mujh ko,

Agar wo mera hai toh khwaab bhi mere dekhe”.

[aasimk]

- Vladimir Nabokov

[aasimk]

Kuch yun chu gaya uska mijaaz aur khuwab

Ekdum meri amma ki tarah paak saaf aur khubru

Haseen woh toh hai hi lekin naram mijaaz meri amma ki tarah thi, uska bolna smjhna soojhna sab ek mukammal harf mein agar samet dun toh woh khoobsoorat hoga

[aasimk]

“Ik jaan thi, gawaa di us chasm e naaz par Aashna bhi thay k unn se, silaa na milay ga.”

Arslan Abbas - ارسلان عباس