#urdu translations

[midnightorchids]

The feminine brown girl urge to ruffle Jason’s hair, make him chai and call him “meri jaan.”

[mehreenkhan]

tanhai mein kya kya na tujhe yaad kiya hai

kya kya na dil-e-zar ne dhundhi hain panahen

In how many ways did I remember you, in solitude

How many refuges did the weakened heart seek

Faiz, Do Ishq

[worldtalks]

کراچی پاکستان کا دارالحکومت ہے۔

Karachi is the capital of Pakistan.

[aflamethatneverdies]

til Edward Said met and wrote about Faiz while he was living in exile in Beirut in late 70s and early 80s during a military dictatorship here. Anti-imperialist and Marxist poets and writers here have always written about and expressed solidarity with Palestine.

[nemralam]

My eyes yearn to see you so come home from distant lands, beloved

[his-heart-hymns]

Dedicating Faiz Ahmed Faiz's poem to all the oppressed people throughout the world,specially Palestinians.

A few more days, my love, only a few days more

It is our lot to live under the shadow of tyranny

To suffer this outrage, to bear this pain, to weep awhile

This legacy of our past is our cross to bear

Our bodies are confined, our emotions in shackles

Worry is a prisoner, Speech is proscribed

But there’s a courage within us that keeps us going

It’s as if our very life is a beggar's garment

That needs to be patched with pain, time after time

But now these cruel times have almost run their course

This impatient longing is almost over

In this burnt desolation that is the world and its time

We have to go on, but not this way

The unbearable torment of unseen hands

The futility of heartburn, the body's unheard lament

Has to be endured for now, but not forever

This dust of sorrow that veils your beauty

This bounty of defeats on our fleeting youth

This worthless throbbing under moonlit nights

A few more days, my love, only a few days more

[maihonhassan]

In English we say:

"Every flaw i love in you except your absence"

- Mahmoud Darwish

But in Urdu Poetry we say:

"Jaise tujhe aate haiñ na aane ke bahāne, aise hī bahāne se na jaane ke liye aa"

- Talib Baghpati

[old-school-romantics]

Translation:

yeah i had heard the story of fairies....you have the same glow. you have the same divine face....

[aashufta-sar]

Mujhe tou qaid e muhabbat azeez thi lekin kisi ne mujh ko giraftaar kar ke chor diya

To me the imprisonment of love was precious but someone captivated me and left.

Shakeel badayuni / شکیل بدایونی

[wannabewritersposts]

ہم تو کچھ دیر ہنس بھی لیتے ہیں

دل ہمیشہ اداس رہتا ہے

Hum to kuch der hans lete hein Dil hamesha udaas rehta hai

-Bashir Badr

We do smile sometimes but;

The heart is always sad

[theoptia]

Faiz Ahmed Faiz, from The Colours of My Heart: Selected Poems; “The Colours of My Heart”

Text ID: Crimson red flowers, the colour of a / flaming garden / The colour of poison, of blood and of / the black night

[somerabbitholes]

mist and fog are both imperfect and don’t carry the same texture or the lightness or the mystery or the elusiveness inherent in kohra, in this essay i will —

[mehreenkhan]

It's only the beginning of love why do you wail?

Wait and see what happens as things soon unveil

-Mir Taqi Mir (1723 – 1810)

[chashmenaaz]

ہر رگ خوں میں پھر چراغاں ہو

سامنے پھر وہ بے نقاب آئے

har rag-e-KHun mein phir charaghan ho samne phir wo be-naqab aae

In every vein, the lamp is lit once more, Once again, they appeared before me unveiled

کر رہا تھا غم جہاں کا حساب

آج تم یاد بے حساب آئے

kar raha tha gham-e-jahan ka hisab aaj tum yaad be-hisab aae

I was reckoning the sorrow of the world, Today, you were missed boundlessly

— faiz ahmad faiz

[musiquesduciel]

Bajirao Mastani (2015)

[his-heart-hymns]

Hai sabhi ek doosre ki justuju main

magar koi kisiko bhi mila nahi.

All are in pursuit of one another,but no one has found anyone yet.