42 My Nights Are Dark Without Your...

42  My Nights Are Dark Without Your Moon


My nights are dark without your moon
So come, my darling, please come soon

With my yearning heart and eager eyes
My love for you I can never disguise

But love has brought me only despair
And your being away I simply can't bear

You can part from me and stay apart
But part you can never from my heart

And why is it so; it's hard to explain
That I give you love, and you give me pain?

And with so many stars in SHAIDA's eyes
Why love is such a gloomy enterprise?


              URDU GHAZAL


Ho lab e baam jo jalwa teri raaraaie ka
Kam ho aey chaand andhaira shab e tanhaaie ka

Deeda e shouq, dil e shaida, tabieat shaaiq
Saara saamaan baham hay meri ruswaaie ka

Naatawaan hijr maen aisa houn keh dar lagta hay
Chhut na jaa'ay kaheen daamaan shakaibaaie ka

Ja ba ja reh kay bhee hota naheen is dil say juda
Daekho dastoor hay kaisa meray herjaaie ka

Laita badlay maen wafaaoun kay jafaaen hay bohat
Kitna achha hay yeh soada teray soadaaie ka

Chashm e SHAIDA say bohat girtay haen anjum laikin
Kam naheen hota andhaira shab e shaidaaie ka