31 Oh, How It Reflects......

31  Oh, How It Reflects Your Beautiful Face


When the wine cup on your lips you place
Oh, how it reflects your beautiful face

And Venus, when she sees your brow
She cannot resist, and cries out - wow

And the harvest moon when your face it sees
It stoops to earth and falls on its knees

And in your absence the nightingale
It misses your lips and begins to wail

And your dimpled chin is like a well
That Joseph in it  for life can dwell

And when your hair does fly in the air
Your lovers so yearn for its deadly snare

And in your bedroom when he sees the light
Your SHAIDA sits and watches it all night


                        URDU GHAZAL


Bazm kerta hay frozaan roo e rakhshaan aap ka
Aks e rukh kerta hay jaam e mai darashshaan aap ka

Kerti Zohra hay sataish daekh ker zohrajabeen
Maah e rukh nay ker diya hay meh madehkhaan aap ka

Kernay aatay haen zameenboasi sitaaray raat ko
Jagmagaata dakhtay haen jab wo eewaan aap ka

Daekh ker gulzaar maen ik din gul e rukhsaar ko
Aashiq e shaida bana hay murgh e shabkhaan aap ka

Zulf ki zangeer maangay hay Zulaekha aap say
Chaahta Yusuf bhee hay chaah e zanikhdaan aap ka

Hoti deewaanoun ki aashufasari hay aur fazoon
Jab bhee kerti hay saba kaakul pareeshaan aap ka

Dakhiay SHAIDA ko, dar per baithh ker kis rashk say
Daekhta rehta hay wo shab bhar shabistaan aap ka