Bujha jo rozan-e-zindaan tu dil yeh samjha hai

Bujha jo rozan-e-zindaaN tu dil yeh samjha hai
Ke teri maang sitaaroN se bhar gayi hogi
Chamak uthay haiN salaasil tu hum nay jana hai
Ke ab sahar tere rukh per bikhar gayi hogi

Gharaz tassawwur-e-shaam-o-sahar meiN jeetay haiN
Girift-e-saaya-e-deewar-o-dar meiN jeetay haiN

~Faiz Ahmed Faiz

rozan-e-zindan: sky light of prison
salasil: chains

As the prison’s aperture vexes dim,
We delight in constellations bejeweled in your ringlets
When the steely chains scintillate we utter a hymn:
As your face dawns from the tresses of sleep
Dawn alights: smitten by you as he blows on his trumpets!

Thus we live fantasizing days and nights away,
Entrapped: shadows of walls and doors hold sway

Naqsh-e-Faryadi: Rituals & Sacrifice: A Faiz translation

Re: Bujha jo rozan-e-zindaan tu dil yeh samjha hai

explain the poetry? How do you relate to it?

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:k:

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Mera office work app complete karenge?

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itna likhte huwe office work disturb nahin huwa?

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:smack:
time stamp 01:24 PM ← lunch break

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Nice.........

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next break ka intezar karein

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Gharaz tassawwur-e-shaam-o-sahar meiN jeetay haiN

Zabardast

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wah

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bahot Khoob.

mundarja baalaa band [stanza] ko Bollywood film “Sagaaii” meN musta’mil kiyaa gayaa thaa…mauseeqii baraaye naam hai…Raf’ii saaHab aur Asha Bhosle Jii kii aawaazoN ne chaar chaand lagaa diye haiN. samaa’at farmaaiye:

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Faiz uncle aur moderators se ma'azarat ke saath...

Bujha jo rozan-e-ghareeban tu dil yeh samjha hai
Ke light phir shaher ki chali gai ho gi
**
**bhar chukay haiN khazain tu hum nay jana hai

Ke rental power ki agli qist mil gayi hogi

[Raja Pervaiz Ashraf R.A.]

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na daman pe koi chhent na khanzar pe koi dag
tum qatl karo ho ke loadshedding karo ho

(Abid Sher Ali)

Re: Bujha jo rozan-e-zindaan tu dil yeh samjha hai

vo ai'waaN meN aaye, itnaa to sabhii ne dekhaa
phir uske ba'd qumqumoN meN raushnii na rahii

[courtesy load-shedding!]