Aftab Alam Poems

Existence of life, from far and near,
It needs care, inner to outer, my dear,
Love and lust; the holy and the evil
One is trill, other; a painful shrill
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Is duniya se kyon hai pyar mujhe, mere khudaya,
Dil tuta kisi ka kabhi to kyon mujhko rulaayaa,
Teri banaii duniya ko ham kya banaa diye,
Jo Charaag jal raha the use ham bujhaa diye,
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Birds fly eastward early to have pearly golden grain
With bright maze, they eat and enjoy, hope and sing,
Birds fly westward lately, for loved one, for golden ring,
A divine providence, although, all keepeth own brain,
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Slowly dying in your love, baby careless
I’m restless, distressed, senseless and sleepless
Ah! What’s the night! Stars with shroud
Singing elegy of my ruin, O my heart’s Baby-Proud!
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Chalo achhaa huaa koi saath to chhoda
Is besharm, behunar dil ko apno ne to toda
Hawaaon tum bhi to mujhse katraati ho
Aahon me tum bhi to mujhe tadpati ho
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Many placed a ghost in their mind, and Lo!
'This world can't give me anything,
Alone came here and alone I'll go, '
Although we don't have faith on each other,
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jakhmon se hamne seekha hai,
jeene ka karishma|
darya ho kyon darya me
ab ufan nahi hai
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दिल नही लगता अब इस चमन में,
तितलियां नहीं अब मौत उड़ा करती हैं,

थक कर सो गये थे हम ख्वाब के लिये,
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(I am a flower thorns are my relative)

Main ek phool hun kanto se, jiski natedaari hai,
Main wo qissa hun pariyon ka, na jisme phulwari hai,
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