dil meN ek lehar sii uThii hai abhii

dil meN ek lehar sii uThii hai abhii
ko’ii taazaa havaa chalii hai abhii

(lehar : wave)

shor barpaa hai Khaanaa-e-dil meN
ko’ii diivaar sii girii hai abhii

(Khaanaa-e-dil : in the heart; barpaa : arisen; diivaar : wall)

kuchh to naazuk mizaaj haiN ham bhii
aur ye choT bhii nayii hai abhii

(naazuk : delicate; mizaaj : temperament; choT : wound; nayii : new)

bharii duniyaa meN jii nahiiN lagtaa
jaane kis chiiz kii kamii hai abhii

tuu shariik-e-suKhan nahiiN hai to kyaa
ham-suKhan terii Khaamoshii hai abhii

(shariik-e-suKhan : participant in conversation; ham-suKhan : in conversation)

yaad ke be-nishaaN jaziiroN se
terii aavaaz aa rahii hai abhii

(be-nishaaN : without any trace; jaziiraa : island)

shahr ke be-chiraaGh galiiyoN meN
zindagii tujh ko DhuuNDhtii hai abhii

(be-chiraaGh : without lamps; galii : lane)

so gaye log us havelii ke
ek khiRkii magar khulii hai abhii

(havelii : mansion; khiRkii : window)

tum to yaaro abhii se uTh baiThe
shahr meN raat jaagtii hai abhii

vaqt achchhaa bhii aayegaa ‘Nasir’
Gham na kar zindagii paRii hai abhii

Nasir Kazmi