amjad islam amjad

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poetry of amjad islam amjad

THE TRAGEDY OF SELF-MADE PEOPLE

Those who tempers optimistic,

bright and buoyant,

what unusual fates they have.

Cleansing life’s path

of thorns strewn,

assembling each straw

to build a nest,

trapping fragrance,

adorning gardens,

their life is spent.

Their life consumed,

they gift the flowers.

give all away.

Not that, the

drudgery of

the unending toil

goes unrewarded,

blood-money

for longings that die

goes unpaid.

All pleasures that life

enfolds, come their way;

with one and all

they are endowed,

but late always,

ever delayed.

Rewarded they are

for the slog, the grind

but bit by bit,

like borrowed money

returned in parts;

the actual writing

fading into the hidden rear.

In teeming spring,

their flowers all

are the last to bloom;

the sun in their courtyards

appears late.

AKS-E-MEHAR

MUJHE APNA SITARA DHONDNA HY....!

Mujhe Apna Sitara Dhondna hy...

Sitara Dhondna Hy,

Sitaro se bhary is Aasman ki Wus'aton me,

Mujhe apna sitara dhondna hy.

Falak pr Kahkashan dar kahkashan ik be karani hy,

na uska naam hy malum,

Na koi nishani hy,

Bas itna yad hy mujhko,

Azal ki subah jb sary sitaray,

Ilwidai guftogu karty huwy rasto pe nykle thy.

To uski aankh me ik aur tara jhylmilaya tha,

ussi tary ki surat ka,

Meri bhigi huwi aankhon me ik khwab rahta hy,

Me apne aansoaon me apne khwabo ko sajata hon,

Aur uski rah takta hon,

suna hy Gumshuda chizen,

Jahan pay kho jati hen,

Wahi se myl bhi jati hen....

In the emptiness

Of skies, filled with

Innumerable stars,

I have to find the

Star that belongs

To me.

Galaxies beyond galaxies, filled with wonder,

I know no name, nor a sign do I remember.

All I remember,

That on the very first morn,

When thestars embarked

Through early light of dawn

Through the vastness of skies,

Another star glittered

In her wondering eyes,

Similar to that star,

I too carry a dream in my tearful eyes,

Embellish it with tears like stars in the skies,

And keep on waiting

For you to pass by.

Lost things, they say,

Are sometimes found

In the same amalgmation

Of dust, where once

They were lost.

I too have to find the

Star that belongs to me.

تم سچے برحق سائیں

AMJAD ISLAM AMJAD

jo utar ke zina-e-sham se teri chashm-e-Khush main sama gaye
vahi jalte bujhte se mahar-o-mah mere bam-o-dar ko saja gaye

ye ajib khel hai ishq ka main ne ap dekha ye mojeza
vo jo lafz mere guman main the vo teri zuban par a gaye

vo jo git tum ne suna nahi meri umr bhar ka riyaz tha
mere dard ki thi dastan jise tum hansi main ura gaye

vo charag-e-jan kabhi jis ki lau na kisi hava se nigun hui
teri bevafai ke vasava use chupke chupke bujha gaye

vo tha chand sham-e-visal ka k tha rup tere jamal ka
meri ruh se meri ankh tak kisi raushani main naha gaye

ye jo bandagan-e-niyaz hai ye tamam hai vo lashkari
jinhen zindagi ne aman na di to tere huzur main a gaye

teri beruKhi k dayar main main hava ke sath hava hua
tere aine ki talash main mere Khvab chehara ganva gaye

tere vasvaon k fishar main tera sharar-e-rang ujar gaya
meri khvahishon k gubar main mere mah-o-sal-e-vafa gaye

vo ajib phul se lafz the tere honth jin se mahak uthe
mere dasht-e-khvab main dur tak koi bagh jaise laga gaye

meri umr se na simat sake mere dil main itne saval the
tere pas jitne javab the teri ik nigah main a gaye

AKS-E-MEHAR

muhabat oos ki sorat