silent speech / gooftar e bay awaaz

silent speech
proclaim the anguish
of inner most grief
declare loudly
if you can

in this City of Weak Beliefs
in abundance are the eloquent ones
who with deafening wails
shatter the walls of silence

to that declaration
yesterdayís bereft ears
remain insatiable today

speech compromised,
succumbs to fears prevalent
comes time, then, to follow the norm
---keep talking
without saying anything

on the lava of discourse
keep on laying
wreaths of silence
keep on...

gooftar e bay awaaz
souz e darouN ki pukaar
aam kardo
kehna hai jou
sadaa e aam kar do

is shehr e zoe'of e aitaqaad maiN
haiN hazarouN khush goof'taar aisay
choop kay dasht maiN jou
lataay haiN toofaan e samaa

kaan jou thay kal tak
haiN aaj bhi tishnaa
oos sadaa kay

Khouf e mu'rawwaj say
goyaai gar ho majrooh
tou laazim hay adub e maa'moolaat
bus boltay raho
kuch na kaho

fik'r kay laaway pay
hasti ki chadar
charhatay raho
charhatay raho...