Dagh Dehlvi
dil chura kar nazar churai hai
lut gae lut gae duhai hai
she stole my heart and stole away
I have been plundered sad to say
ek din mil ke phir nahin milte
kis qayamat ki ye judai hai
meet for a day, then never meet
how dreadful ’tis to part this way
ai asar kar na intizar-e-dua
mangna sakht be-hayai hai
O consequence, wait not for prayers
it’s shameful if you beg this way
main yahan huun vahan hai dil mera
na-rasai ajab rasai hai
though I am here my heart’s with her
fulfilled yet unfulfilled I stay
is tarah ahl-e-naz naaz karen
bandagi hai ki ye khudai hai
these beauties who put on such airs
are they divine or human, pray?
paani pi pi ke tauba karta huun
parsai si parsai hai
with water, I swear abstinence
such piety do I portray
vaada karne ka ikhtiyar raha
baat karne men kya burai hai
to vow or not you can decide
what harm is in conversing say?
kab nikalta hai ab jigar se tiir
ye bhi kya teri ashnai hai
when does your arrow leave my heart?
what bond for you does this display?
‘dagh’ un se dimagh karte hain
nahin malum kya samai hai
daaG acts with her conceitedly
who knows what holds him in its sway
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