51 A BOTTLE OF SCENT

    51  A BOTTLE OF SCENT

A lady, I’m told, as a compliment
Has sent me in jail a bottle a scent
It has the smell of her raven hair
Which is now all over the prison air
So with this gift, that beautiful dame
Me as her captive she can also claim

I’m sure this scent of love and pity
From here will spread all over the city
And a lovely garden it’s going to become
With fragrant flowers, so charming and pretty

And as HAFIZ in Heaven will testify
That all things in earth and in the sky
That God has made with so much care
Except for love, will eventually die

                      URDU POEM
        AEY HABEEB E UMBERDAST

Kisi kay dast e inaayat nay kunj e zindaan maen
Kya hay aaj ajab dilnawaaz band o bast
Mahak rahi hay fiza zulf e yaar ki soorat
Hawa hay germi e khushboo say is terheh sarmast
Abhee abhee koie guzra hay gulbadan goya
Kaheen qareeb say, gaisoo ba doash, ghuncha ba dast

Liay hay boo e rifaaqat ager hawa e chaman
Toe laakh pehray bithhaaen qafas pay zulmparast
Hamaisha sabz rahay gi wo shaakh e mehr o wafa
Keh jis kay saath bandhi hay diloun ki fath o shakast

Yeh shair e HAAFIZ e Shiraaz, aey saba, kehna
Milay jo tujh say kaheen wo habeeb e umberdast
"Khalalpazeer bawad her bina keh meebeeni
Ba juz bina e mohabbat keh khaali az khalal ast"