Sad Urdu Poems

ye dard-e-be-dawa hai aur main hoon
magar ye dil-kusha hai aur main hoon

museebat aur lambi zindagaani
buzurgon kii dua hai aur main hoon

dayaar-e-ishq mein hoon aur labon...

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ham the kashti to vo patwaar hua karte the
ishq ke dariya se yun paar hua karte the

saamna hote hi chehre ko chhupa lete hain
yaad karte...

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No Explanation! (I)
by Ahmad Faraz
loose translation by Michael R. Burch

Please don't ask me how deeply it hurt!
Her sun shone so bright, even the shadows were...

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These are English translations of Urdu poems by Faiz Ahmad Faiz. 



Speak!
by Faiz Ahmed Faiz
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

Speak, while your lips are still...

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It's disgraceful, the way you call it love,
The look you give me when It's not my face you hope to look at.

Petals, you name them...

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Hum Ne Maana Kay Taghaful Na Kro Gay Lakin,

Khaak Ho Jaayein Ge Hum Tum Ko Khabar Honay Tak.!

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 Chalo Yeh Zindagi Ab Hum Tumhary Naam Karty Hain,
Sunna Ha Be-Wafa Ki, Be-Wafa Sey Khoob Banti ha..! ...

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Long ago
a year or so
I received accolades a plenty
I won this, and I won that
I was on top of it all
I was almost the whole...

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Silent Lies 

Silent lies
Silent tries
Silent deceptions upon the meek
Blaming Yahudi or any others of different speak
Whoever doesn’t subscribe to propaganda’s blubber

The gardens of Babylon had...

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Hamary bary my zamana baty karta hai
Bola   do   hum   ko    wo    kahti ...

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Ghum-e-aarzoo dil se, kabhi to rukhsat hogi
Kabhi to sahar hoga, shab-e-intezaar guzaregi |

Palkon me jiske, simat ti ho ghataein
Saawan pe bhi uska hi, ikhtiyaar hoga...

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We lost more than just a Dad that day
We lost half of how we came to be
We lost we four girls first love
We lost our...

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I'm lost hurt and angry
Why did you take his life
I want, No I need to know
Tell me, Tell me why
I deserve to know

Haven't you done...

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I’m tired
I’m Physically and Emotionally tired
I don’t want to be the strong one anymore
I can’t this time
I don’t know what to do Daddy
I need your...

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Chahat main sambhlnay ka karina to sikha do,
Mushkil main bohat hoon zara jeena to sikha do,

Kiyoun chand say chehray pay baysakoni ki fiza hai
Ankhoon main...

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