Re: Kab Tak…
Restlessly grieving my friend’s separation, for how long?
My love for him, tell me my heart, for how long?
This helplessness, this endless grief, for how long?
Trusting his words, waiting for him, for how long?
I fear sadnes in separation will drown me at nights
He’ll make me suffer in waiting, for how long?
No trust have I in today, no faith in tomorrow
Watching his path for the night meeting, for how long?
I came out bemocked with pains in my heart
The thought then dawned to bear them, for how long?
My eyes are watching the road he takes to return
I’ll have to wait for him, tell me for how long?
Though he consoled me at the time of parting
Now I wonder if to trust him, for how long?
-translated by Ravi Kopra
http://whitewings.sulekha.com/blog/post/2007/04/grieving-my-friend-s-separation-an-urdu-ghazal-in.htm