Kyun Bante Ho?

Why Do You Become?

Koi shama nahin hai to parwaana kyun bante ho

Ik aashiq ki tarha deewaana kyun bante ho

Beikhudi mein yun hi hosh kho na beitho

Koi kitaab nahin hai to afsaana kyun bante ho

 

Paagal ho sanam tum hadh se bhi ziyaada

Ko saaghar nahin hai to mastaana kyun bante ho

 

Koi teer na chalaa hai bin teer chalte huwe

tum nishaana kyun bante ho

 

Dekhlo eik baar tum meri taraf

jaan ke bhi mujhe tum anjaana kyun bante ho

 

Koi shama nahin hai to parwaana kyun bante ho

Ik aashiq ki tarha deewaana kyun bante ho

Beikhudi mein yun hi hosh kho na beitho

Koi kitaab nahin hai to afsaana kyun bante ho

 

 

There is no candle so why do you become a butterfly

Like a lover why do you become mad

Don't lose your senses in intoxication

There is no book so why do you become a story

 

You are mad more than its limits

There is no glass of wine so why do you become crazy

 

No arrows have been shot without an arrow being shot

why do you become the shot of the arrow

 

Look at me just once despite knowing me

why do you become an stranger

 

There is no candle so why do you become a butterfly

Like a lover why do you become mad

Don't lose your senses in intoxication

There is no book so why do you become a story?

 

  ~Farishtah~

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