az firaqat zindagani chun kunam
az firāqat zindagānī chuuñ kunam
bā chunīñ ġham shādmānī chuuñ kunam
How am I to spend my life in your separation?
How am I to show happiness while drowning in sorrow?
ishq-o-iflās-o-ġharībī-o-firāq
man badīhā zindagānī chuuñ kunam
There is love, there is poverty, there is estrangement, and even separation—
How can I live with all these burdens upon me?
māh-e-man guftī ki jaañ dah mī-dahad
āshiqam āḳhir girānī chuuñ kunam
My moon, if you ask for my life, I am ready to give it,
But how long must I endure this weight upon my heart?
hāl-e-ḳhud dānam ki az ġham chuuñ būvad
chuuñ tū hāl-e-man na-dānī chuuñ kunam
What my sorrow has done to me, only I know;
If you do not understand my state, what am I to do?
gar ba-'ḳhusrav' bosa na-dehī āshkār
marham-e-zaḳhm-e-nihānī chuuñ kunam
If you do not wish to openly bestow a kiss upon Khusrau,
How, then, shall I heal the wounds that lie within?
az firaqat zindagani chun kunam
ba chunin gham shadmani chun kunam
How am I to spend my life in your separation?
How am I to show happiness while drowning in sorrow?
ishq-o-iflas-o-gharibi-o-firaq
man badiha zindagani chun kunam
There is love, there is poverty, there is estrangement, and even separation—
How can I live with all these burdens upon me?
mah-e-man gufti ki jaan dah mi-dahad
aashiqam aaKHir girani chun kunam
My moon, if you ask for my life, I am ready to give it,
But how long must I endure this weight upon my heart?
haal-e-KHud danam ki az gham chun buwad
chun tu haal-e-man na-dani chun kunam
What my sorrow has done to me, only I know;
If you do not understand my state, what am I to do?
gar ba-'KHusraw' bosa na-dehi aashkar
marham-e-zaKHm-e-nihani chun kunam
If you do not wish to openly bestow a kiss upon Khusrau,
How, then, shall I heal the wounds that lie within?
- Book : Naghmat-e-Sima (Pg. 235)
- Publication : Noorulhasan Maudoodi Sabri (1935)
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