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

wistful / yaas kay mahal version ii revised

um'r goozri
moos'kura'hatouN kay
taa'qoob maiN
tasaadum maiN

ab tou hay ajab aalam
zehan kay har dou goushoN maiN
taamir haiN hasratouN kay mehal
ko'ie jo mooskurah bhi daita hay
tou lamhay hee kay li'ye goya
jaan aajaati hay jaisay

wistful / yaas kay mahal version ii revised

in life's travail
                     we stumbled
from smile to smile
                      as youth faded
lines and scars appeared
furtively at first
well entrenched later
                      along this march
smiles appeared sparsely

today our world is lightless gray
                      we ambulate the lanes
of Memoryville and when
                     we encounter
even a wayward smile
                      momentarily
our existence lits up