Tere ishq kii intahaa chaahataa huu.N

Tere ishq kii intahaa chaahataa huu.N,

Merii saadagii dekh kyaa
chaahataa huu.N,

[intahaa=limit; saadagii=simplicity]

Sitam ho ki ho vaadaa-e-
behijaabii,,

Ko_ii baat sabr-aazamaa
chaahataa huu.N

[vaadaa-e-behijaabii=promise to be unveiled]

[sabr-aazamaa=testing the
patience]

Ye jannat mubaarak rahe
zaahido.n ko

Ki mai.n aap kaa saamanaa
chaahataa huu.N

[jannat=heaven; zaahid=a person

belonging to a higher plane of existence]

Ko_ii dam kaa mehamaa.N huu.N ai ahal-e-mahafil

chiraaG-e-sahar huu.N, bujhaa chaahataa huu.N

[ahal-e-mahafil=people present at the gathering]

[chiraaG-e-sahar=light of dawn]

Bharii bazm me.n raaz kii baat kah dii

ba.Daa be-adab huu.N, sazaa
chaahataa huu.N...

Dr. Alama Muhammed Iqbal

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