unending delusions / faraib e moo'salsal

unending delusions
lost count of setbacks, truth
--elusory, illusory
phoenician paradise
promises of those houris

mirages of amber hell
those familiar faces
from the diffusion of past
with whom we shared visions

and this enigmatic world
where religion's bogeyman
strangle thoughts and spirits

lost count...........



faraib e mooísalsal
un-ginn't faraib kha'aye
ik goom gushtaa such
ki joos'tu'joo maiN

faraib e jannat
waa'da hoorON kaa
jo naa houN shaaíyad
toojh say haseeN ter

saraab e do'zakh aur
sadiyouN say woh
ma'noos chehray
saath jin kay hum nay
lafzON kay maa'ni
youN daryaft ki'aye

aur yeh duniya
ashooftaa-nawaa
peer e tasmaa paa
mazhab kay jahaaN
sawaar rehtay haiN
gurden o afkaar pay

janay kitnay .......