from pukhto poetry...

Oos pa khawro badawalo kai maza da
Ka har so da ishq mazal rata yaw gaam sho


Ab mitti uchalnai mai hi maza araha hai. Garchai jitna b ta ishq ka safar merai leye chand hi qadam niklai

Quit in despair!

The world won’t care if you quit
And the world won’t whine if you fail;
The busy world won’t notice it
No matter how loudly you wail.

Nobody will worry that you
Have relinquished the fight and gone down
For it’s only the things that you do
That are worth while and get your renown.

The quitters are quickly forgot;
Of them the world spends little time;
And a few e’er care that you’ve not
The courage or patience to climb.

So give up and quit in despair
And take your place back on the shelf;
But don’t think the world’s going to care;
You are injuring only yourself.

Am I a Builder?

I watched them tearing a building down,
A gang of men in a busy town.
With a ho-heave-ho and a lusty yell
They swung a beam, and the side wall fell,
I asked the foreman, "Are these men skilled,
And the men you'd hire if you had to build?"

He gave a laugh and said: "No indeed!
Just common labor is all I need.
I can easily wreck in a day or two
What builders have taken a year to do."
And I thought to myself as I went away,
Which of these roles have I tried to play?

Am I a builder who works with care,
Measuring life by the rule and square?
Am I shaping my deeds to a well-made plan,
Patiently doing the best I can?
Or am I a wrecker, who walks the town
Content with the labor of tearing down?

THANK GOD !!!

Thank God for life!
E’en though it bring much bitterness and strife,
And all our fairest hopes be wrecked and lost,
E’en though there be more ill than good in life,
We cling to life and reckon not the cost.
Thank God for life!

Thank God for love!
For though sometimes grief follows in its wake,
Still we forget love’s sorrow in love’s joy,
And cherish tears with smiles for love’s dear sake;
Only in heaven is bliss without alloy.
Thank God for love!

Thank God for pain!
No tear hath ever yet been shed in vain,
And in the end each sorrowing heart shall find
No curse, but blessings in the hand of pain;
Even when he smiteth, then is God most kind,
Thank God for pain!

Thank God for death!
Who touches anguished lips and stills their breath
And giveth peace unto each troubled breast;
Grief flows before thy touch, O blessed death;
God’s sweetest gift, thy name in heaven is Rest.
Thank God for death!

kuch ghubarai kuch khilonai

Dhoondna chahai thai zindagi mai kuch apnai
Mil na saka koi bhi yahan magar chand sapnai

Qusur hoga khud apni hi zaat ka ismai
Ya qismet mai likhai hain abhi awr sadmai

Kett jaein gai din yunhi iss kuttiya mai
Umer tou ik guzaarni hai hans k chahai ro kai

Rishtoan sai paaey hain hamesha sirf dhokai
Sathi hain bes kuch ghubarai kuch khilonai

SEB MAYA HAI

sub maya he, sub dhalti phirti chaya he,
is ishq mein hum ne jo khoya jo paya he,
jo tum ne kaha he, Faiz ne jo farmaya he,
Sub maya he
jis gori per hum ek ghazal her shaam likhen,
tum jaantay ho hum kyunker us ka naam likhen,
dil us ki bhi chokhat choom ke wapis aya he,
Sub maya he,
woh larki bhi chaand nagar ki rani thee,
woh jis ki alhar aankhon mein herani thee,
aaj us ne bhi paigham yehi pohnchaya he,
Sub maya he,
jo log abhi tak naam wafa ka laitay hein,
woh jaan ke dhokay khatay hein dhokay detay hein,
haan thok baja ker hum ne jo hukum lagaya he,
Sub maya he,
jab dekh liya her shakhs yahan herjai he,
is shehar se door ek kutya hum ne banaye he,
or us kutya ke maathay per likhwaya he,
Sub maya he.

Give what is best!!!

I wanted health and strength to do great things,
Infirmity taught patience for each day.

My strength, as fleeting as a moth’s white wing,
Lift me dependent, that I might obey.

I wanted wealth for happiness and ease,
But poverty prevailed and made me wise.

I wanted power to conquer and to please,
But weakness made me see through others’ eyes.

I wanted leisure time to dream and plan,
But duty brought self-discipline and while

I sought approval of my fellowman,
I found it not, but in my Savior’s smile.

And now that I have been so richly blest,
This is my daily prayer, “Give what is best”.

want to live on....

I’ve dreamed many dreams that never came true.
I’ve seen them vanish at dawn,
But I’ve realized enough of my dreams,
Thank God,
To make me want to dream on.

I’ve prayed many prayers when no answer came,
Though I waited patient and long,
But answers have come to enough of my prayers
To make me keep praying on.

I’ve trusted many a friend that failed,
And left me to weep alone,
But I’ve found enough of my friends true blue,
To make me keep trusting on.

I’ve sown many seed that fell by the way
For the birds to feed upon,
But I’ve held enough golden sheaves in my hands
To make me keep sowing on.

I’ve drained the cup of disappointment and pain
And gone many ways without song,
But I’ve sipped enough nectar from the roses of life
To make me want to live on.

Fortitude

Laugh, and the world laughs with you;

Weep, and you weep alone.

For the sad old earth must borrow its mirth,

But has trouble enough of its own.

Sing, and the hills will answer;

Sigh, it is lost on the air.

The echoes bound to a joyful sound,

But shrink from voicing care.

Rejoice, and men will seek you;

Grieve, and they turn and go.

They want full measure of all your pleasure,

But they do not need your woe.

Be glad, and your friends are many;

Be sad, and you lose them all.

There are none to decline your nectared wine,

But alone you must drink life's gall.

Feast, and your halls are creowded;

Fast, and the world goes by.

Succeed and give, and it helps you live,

But no man can help you die.

There is room in the halls of pleasure

For a long and lordy train,

But one by one we must all file on

Through the narrow aisles of pain.

nothing will come, nothing has gone
everything is present, life is on........

Wishes that were left incomplete...

bring with them the pains so sweet

.................

ya me khpal ka
ya me khkul ka
ya me bya da zulfo gul ka
ya logay me ka ta owr sha
ya badnam me ka peghor sha
tola shpa rata yadege
lag odah me ka ta khub sha
yao kho ta rana juda ye
bal yadona me sta sizy
rasha khwa la mena raka
sha marham da zra takor sha

.....................

janana nan me pa sangal oda ka
da naqarar zra me pa sa chal odah ka
ka ta sharmege khair de za ba darsham
da mor ao plar de pa sa chal odah ka
ranzor wajod ta ba sakon melaw she
ta me pa ghega k u zal odah ka
elaa de spardi da zwanai golona
pa de goluno me awal odah ka
domra kafi da che u zai u dwara
ta pa palang ma pa durshal odah ka

GO (BEFORE YOU BREAK MY HEART)

Do you really mean what you try to say?
Do you really mean you would go away?
Say it isn't true, say it's just a game,
Say it isn't true, things are just the same,
How can you and I ever say goodbye?
No, I see your eyes agree with what you say.
I could never make you stay.

Go, go before you break my heart.
Go before I go down on my knees and beg you, please don't go.
Go, go before the teardrops start,
don't you know at moments such as these it's better please to go.
I'd like to make my heart a prison cell for you to stay.

Didn't we have fun, wasn't it a song?
Didn't we have fun, where did I go wrong?
Did I try too hard? Did I make mistakes?
Surely they're the kind every lover makes?
Is it all a dream, will I wake up soon?
How can I face the lonely years without you?
Don't you know I love you so?

Go, go before you break my heart.
Go before I go down on my knees and beg you, please don't go.
Go, go before the teardrops start,
don't you know at moments such as these it's better please to go.
I'd like to make my heart a prison cell for you.

Go GO BEFORE THE TEARDROPS START
DON'T YOU KNOW AT MOMENTS SUCH AS THESE
IT'S BETTER PLEASE TO GO, GO.

What's Inside You?

O birdy!
Thy flight is pretty
flapping the wings freely
crossing the heights so hilly
chirping in the air so sweetly
But it sounds to me strangely
What are u looking for O buddy?
How far is thy destiny?
In the day when the sun is shiny
in the eve when it is so breezy
all the day and eve so busy
For what purpose are u so crazy?
spending the day in searching openly
but in the night what u do secretly?
Thy flight fascinate me really
I observe thy journey curiously
How will i know thy reality?
When will i get it clearly?
But still i respect thee deeply
as u r performing thy duties keenly
Help me God to explore it wisely
and to fulfill my duties successfully

december, 2005

LIFE

life is full of suffering and sadness
painfull, sorrowfull and dangerous
but still we have to play this chess
and to survive from this perfidious
BUT
why is it must to live this strangerous
is it to find out material happiness
or to achieve eternal tranquilness
to become in the world, famous
or to remain in the darkness
to achieve material eruditeness
or to know the reality of essence
to get the wordly richness
or to achieve spiritual success
but it looks sometimes quite ridiculous
or this could be in the sense
to find out the life's purpose
and to follow the righteousness
or to live the life for others
and to strive for peace in the universe
to create in the self, temptingness
or to get from the self, riddance
and to achieve the eternal permanance
or just to wait for the transference
from this world to the eternance
and to remain in lack of awareness

monday, 16th january, 2006
2:00 am

EVERYTHING IS A MYSTERY

Life is a MYSTERY
difficult its Chemistry
complicated like a Battery
made in a Factory
not easy its Geometry
where everything is Rotatory
nobody knows its History
but wanna do its Mastery
I wanna do Migratory
due to absence of Satisfactory
people call me Emily
and Emily is also a MYSTERY

2005