Awargi
ye dil ye pagal dil mera, kyon bujh gaya aawargi
is dasht mein ik shahar tha, vo kya hua aawargi...
kal shab mujhe be-shakl si, aawaaz ne chaunka diya
main ne kaha tu kaun hai, usne kahaa aawargi...
ik ajnabi jhonke ne jab, pucha mere gam ka sabab
seheran' ki bheegi ret par, main ne likha aawargi...
Ye dard ki tanhaaiyaan, ye dasht ka veeran safar
hum log to uktaa gaye, apni sunaa aawargi...
logon bhalaa uss shahar mei, kaise jiyenge hum jahaan
ho jurm tanhaa sochnaa, lekin sazaa aawaargi...
- Ghulam ALi

Daisies

At evening when I go to bed
I see the stars shine overhead;
They are the little daisies white
That dot the meadow of the Night.

And often while I'm dreaming so,
Across the sky the Moon will go;
It is a lady, sweet and fair,
Who comes to gather daisies there.

For, when at morning I arise,
There's not a star left in the skies;
She's picked them all and dropped them down
Into the meadows of the town.

- Evaleen Stein