wistful / yaas kay mahal version i revised (urdu & english)

wistful / yaas kay mahal version i revised

bachpun goozra 
baR'haee
jis nay rah e rasm 
oos kay ho li'ye hum

ab tou a'jub aalam hay
zehan kay goushoN maiN
taamir haiN yaas kay mehal
ab ger ko'ie mooskurah bhi daita hay 
lamhay bhar kay li'ye goya
jaan aajaati hay 

wistful / yaas kay mahal version i revised

to season's drum beat 
                         we marched
lines and scars appeared
furtively at first, entrenched later
as youth faded in memory fog
along this passage 
                          we acknowledged
every smile 

today 
the world is cinereous
hesitantly, expectantly
                           we walk 
the alleys and byways 
of Memoryville
when encountered
a fleeting smile
momentarily 
                              we lit up