JANNAT KA NAZARA
A GLIMPSE OF HEAVEN

Yaad hai hamey…

 

Uss din woh shaam ka ek ajeeb sama tha

Woh samunder ki lehroon ka kuch nashaa tha

Hum saath thai lekin ek dooje se thai kuch door

Jaise sahil pe aati hai lehre, rook rook ke hazoor

 

Raite ki khurburi chader pe unke pairon ke woh nishaan

Behti hawaoon se unki zhoolfoon ke lipatne ki woh addaa

Chaand abhi badaloon ke he aagosh mein tha chipa

Kyuki Suraj lal hua sharmeela, din ke behaya pyar se bhala

 

Per unke rookh pe laali thi chayee woh kaisi

Kya woh shaam ka aalam tha ki phir kuch aur

Unhe hamne abhi toe haathon se chuaa tak na tha

Phir yeh gallon pe rangini aaye thi kaisee

 

Garm nazre angarron see jhoolsti ek pal thi uthi

Jaise humne deedar kiya, waise he phir jhooki

Un aag ki laptoon mein humne dekhi thi jannat

Ab raak bhi ho jaayen to phikar kisai hai humdum

 

 

I remember…

 

A strange enchanted evening it was that day

The waves of the ocean had a drunken effect

And though we were together, we were still apart

Just as the waves touch the shore and recede again and again

 

The imprints of her feet on the crinkly sheet of the sands

The entwining of her tresses with the flowing winds

The moon was still lost in the embrace of the clouds

For the sun now blushed crimson by the ardent love of Day

 

 

But why was her face streaked with a cherry flush

Was it the magic of the evening, or something else

For I hadn’t as much as touched her till then

So why had that blush arisen to color her cheeks so pink

 

Hot eyes, burning with glowing coals were raised for a moment

On meeting mine, they instantaneously lowered once more

In the burning flames of those eyes, I glimpsed my Heaven

Now even if I am burnt to ashes, I care not my beloved

~Chandi~

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