4 THE MUSIC OF THE NIGHT

4  THE MUSIC OF THE NIGHT

O it’s so quiet, so calm tonight
And everyone appears so pleasantly drunk
Why, even the beauties are a little contrite

The color and fragrance are there everywhere
And you, my love, are also  here
Looking like a flower, so fresh, so fair

But the flowers come and the flowers go
And last will not your beauty’s glow
So when I say – let’s sing and dance
O please, my baby, do not say no

But I get so lonely when you’re away
And everything appears so drab and gray
And I moan, and groan, and sob, and sigh
And become possessed by great dismay

The moon feels sad and says good-bye
And the stars in heaven begin to cry
And I wish and pray that you will come
And give me life, and I won’t die

                  Urdu Poem

          SAROAD E SHABAANA


Gum hay ik kaif maen fiza e hayaat
Khaamashi sajda e niyaaz maen hay
Husn e maasoom khaab e naaz maen hay

Aey keh too rang o boo ka toofaan hay
Aey keh too jalwager bahaar maen hay
Zingagi taeray ikhtiaar maen hay

Phool laakhoun baras naheen rehtay
Do ghharhi aur hay bahaar e shabaab
Aa keh kuchh dil ki sun sunaalaen hum
Aa mohabbat kay geet ga laen hum

Maeri tanhaaioun pay shaam rahay
Hasrat deed naatamaam rahay
Dil maen bai taab hay sada e hayaat
Aankh gohar nisaar kerti hay

Aasmaan per udaas haen taaray
Chaandni intazaar kerti hay
Aa keh thhorha sa piyaar ker laen hum
Zindagi zarnigaar ker laen hum
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