Ab mere dosray bazoo pe wo shamsheer hai jo
Is se pehle bhi mera nisf badan kaat chuki,
Usi bandooq ki goli/nali hai meri samt ke jo
Is se pehle bhi meri shah rag ka lahu chaat chuki,
Phir wohi aag dhar aye hai meri galyuun mein
Phir mere sehn mein...
Teri umeed, tera intezar jab se hai
Na shab ko din se shikayat na din ko shab se hai,
Kisi ka dard ho karte haiN tere naam raqam
Gilaa hai jo bhi kisi se, tere sabab se hai,
Hua hai jab se dil E na saboor be – qaboo
Kalam tujh se nazar...
Translation:
Each star a rung,
night comes down the spiral
staircase of the evening.
The breeze passes by so very close
as if someone just happened to speak of love.
In the courtyard,
the trees are absorbed refugees
embroidering maps of return on the sky....
This path of memory,
On which you have walked for so long,
Will end, if your were to proceed a few steps more,
Where it diverts to oblivion’s desolation
And from there onwards neither you nor I exist.
My eyes, still on you, wait that...
Chand Roz Or meri Jaan Faqat chand hi Roz:
Chand roz aur meri jaan faqat chand hi roz
zulm ki chanoon main dam lene par majbur hain ham
ik zara aur sitam sah len tarap len ro len
apne ajdad ki miras hai mazur hain ham
jism par qaid hai jazbat pe...
Rachid Nekkaz (pictured) has set up a million euro fund to pay fines
for women who choose to wear the full Islamic veil in countries, like
France, where it is against the law to do so in public.
A French businessman has set up a fund to pay fines
for women who wear Islamic...