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