alone / tanhai

alone
waning crescents
transposed crosses
reversed swastikas
blind to light -- sun, moon
painting with brushes
dipped in whims, doubts
prejudiced
unreliable

l - o - v - e
lonely
d - e - a - t - h
lonely too

living vainly
dying vainly
defying logic
the human spirit
lonely remains

tanhai
ghat'ta chaand
maa'koos saleeb
ulta swastika

roshni o tareeki
beenai na aashna
musawwari ghar'q
wahimay waswisay maiN
muta'assib aur na mO'tabar

ish'q mehjoor
maut tun-tunha
zindagi khOkhli
shaoor e insaani
mantaq say sadaa jehad'aara
mehjoor o majboor