say something / kuch tO kaho

say something
urges punditji
talk not
---of men of letters
---the strive for some eternal truth
---of life and death
---and tales of eternal injustices
what is there in them eternal talks

urges puanditji
say this, and that
---recite a ghazal full of imagery
---talk of infatuation sublime
---of love supreme
---write of pain ensconced
in the corners of heart
---fleeing touch of skin
---that reverberating heart beat
---the heavy breathing
---that total one-ness, unawareness
say this, or that ...say something...

kuch tO kaho
farmatay haiN punditji
choRRho yeh ehl e sukíhn ki baataiN
joostujoo kisi aíbudi such ki
zindagi aur maut
dastaann e zulím e azal
rakhha kya hay in baatouN maiN

farmatay haiN punditji
yeh bhee kaho woh bhee
ghazal chehRRo, muírassah woh bhee
junoon e pus e pardah ki
ishíq ki baataiN chehRRo
dil kay tareek konouN maiN
dera dalay daríd kay qissay
hathouN ka límus
harkat e dil
saaNs ka ookhuRna
shish jehat bay khubíri
kooch to sunao, kooch tou kaho