MOHABBAT KI DOLI
CHARIOT OF LOVE

 

 Mohabbat ki doli sajaanei ka dekha tha sapna

Janazei par phool chadhane aata hei aaj har apna

 I had a dream to create a chariot of love

But today my people come with flowers at my grave

Voh jabh tak khawab tha khawab mei ek khushi thi

Aaj toe khushi ka naam bhi na jaanta hei dil apna

Till when it was a dream there was happiness in it

But today my heart doesn’t even know what happiness is

 

Na mukkadar ki kami thi na mohabbat ki kami thi

Kami yeh thi ki bin sochei dekh liya humnei ek sapna

It wasn’t the fault of destiny nor was the fault in love

The fault lay in seeing a dream without thinking

 

Kehtei hei mahobbat dil ko nikkama kar deti hei

Par iss dil ko naya kaam mila har pal tera naam japna

It’s said that love makes your heart useless

But my heart got  new work - to utter your name every moment

 

Dur sei dekhna mohabbat ki doli ko, paas na janna

Duwa yahi karo eei doston paas na jaayei isskei koi apna

Watch the chariot of love from far only, don’t go near

No one ever may go near it pray for that

 

Mohabbat ki doli sajaanei ka dekha tha sapna

Janazei par phool chadhane aata hei aaj har apna

 I had a dream to create a chariot of love

But today my people come with flowers at my grave

 

Nagmei mere dafn ho chukei hei uss janaazei mein

Phoolon ki mehak bhi abh ban chuki hei kal apna

My poems lie inside my grave now

The fragrance of flowers is the story of yesterday

 

Na aisa din aayei kabhi ki mar kei pad jaaye jina

Na haal ho kisi ka aisa jaisa haal hua hei apna

May that time never come when someone has to live even after dying

May my tragedy never be repeated with anyone

 

Mahobbat se nafrat toe kheir koi na kar saka

Par ho sakei toe dur se hi issei aadab kar lena

To hate the feeling of love is impossible for all

But if possible have a look at it from far only

 

Kafn jal gaya badan jal gaya dhunva bhi bujh gaya

Khaakh se phir bhi dil dhadak raha hei pane ko voh sapna

The shroud has burned, my body has burned and the fire has cooled

Yet from the ashes my heart is crying for that dream

 

Mohabbat ki doli sajaanei ka dekha tha sapna

Janazei par phool chadhane aata hei aaj har apna

 I had a dream to create a chariot of love

But today my people come with flowers at my grave

~ Ritu~

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