88 AND NOTHING TO ME YOU'LL EVER OWE

88  AND NOTHING TO ME YOU’LL EVER OWE

O when I recall the days-bygone
When you and I would sit on the lawn
And you would let me hold your hand
And we would listen to the garden band
Those were the days, the days-bygone
Which make me now so woebegone

I often think that if somehow
The cruel fate would again allow
That you and I could meet again
O I will be correct, and will maintain
With you a happy relationship
And there’ll be nothing for you to explain

And you will come and you will go
And when you want you’ll tell me no
And you’ll be free like a winging bird
And nothing to me you’ll ever owe

                              URDU POEM
            KOIE AASHIQ KISI MEHBOOBA SAY

Gulshan e yaad maen ger aaj dam e baad e saba
Phir say chaahay keh gulafshaan ho toe ho jaanay doe
Umr e rafta kay kisi taaq pay bisra hua dard
Phir say chaahay keh faroazaan ho toe ho jaanay doe
Jaisay baigaanay say ab miltay ho, waisay hi sahi
Aao doe chaar ghharhi maeray muqaabil baithho

Gercheh mil baethhaen gay hum tum toe mulaaqaat kay baad
Apna ahsaas e ziaan aur ziaada ho ga
Humsukhan houn gay jo hum donoun toe her baat kay beech
Unkahi baat ka mohoom sa perda ho ga
Koie iqraar na maen yaad dilaaoun ga, na tum
Koie mazmoon wafa ka, na jafa ka ho ga

Gard e ayyaam ki tehreer ko dhonay kay liay
Tum say goya houn dam e deed jo maeri palkaen
Tum jo chaaho to suno, aur na chaaho na suno
Aur jo harf keraen mujh say guraizaan aankhaen
Tum jo chaaho toe kaho aur jo na chaaho na keho
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