38 THIS NIGHTLY WAITING IS HERE TO STAY

38  THIS NIGHTLY WAITING IS HERE TO STAY

This nightly waiting is here to stay
And keeps it repeating day after day

But I’m so happy my heart is mad
For I like it crazy rather than sad

So when preacher wants it to be discreet
It simply goes and lives in her street

And about its love though it talks a lot
They all want to hear what says it not

And it also complains about the spring
When there are no flowers, no anything

And likes it not when the spring breeze
Says with what it dies, it is not at ease

                  URDU POEM
                      GHAZAL

Tum aa'ay ho na shab e intazaar duzri hay
Talaash maen hay saher, baar baar guzri hay

Junoon maen jitni bhee guzri, ba kaar guzri hay
Agercheh dil pay kharaabi hazaar guzri hay

Hui hay hazrat naaseh say guftogoo jis shab
Wo shab zuroor sar e koo e yaar guzri hay

Wo baat saaray fasaanay maen jis ka zikr na tha
Wo baat un ko bohat naagawaar guzri hay

Na gul khilay haen, na un say milay, na mai pee hay
Ajeeb rang maen ab kay bahaar guzri hay

Chamaan pay ghaarat e gulcheen say jaanay kya guzri
Qafas say aaj saba baiqaraar guzri hay
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