Yeh Kesa Khauf Tha

Yeh kesa khauf tha rakht-e-safar bhi bhool gaye

Vo kaun log thay jo apnay ghar bhi bhool gaye

rakht = accomodities one takes while travelling (e.g. money, food, etc)

safar = travel; jounrey

(What kind of a fear was that, that made me forget to take even my essentials along with me on my journey? What kind of people were those who forgot their own homes? Poet is talking about the fear that makes people forget themselves even, their own needs and priorities take the back seat and something else becomes more important. Fear. Of losing someone? Of not finding that someone? Of the world rejecting that someone?.. And they get so preoccupied in this fear that they forget that they're travelling (life is often compared to a journey). They even forget their [final] destinations)

Yeh kesi quvvat-e-parvaaz darr ne paida ki

Parinday urrtay huay apnay parr bhi bhool gaye

quvvat = power; strength

parvaaz = flight

(It is that same fear that wakes in us the power to do what we once deemed impossible. Fear is a motivator after all. But while driven to do those nearly impossible things, we underestimate our capabilities [and end up failing/falling])

Dukhon ne cheen lee aankhon ki saari beenaayee

Hum us ka sheher to kiya, rahguzar bhi bhool gaye

beenaayee = sight

rahguzar = pathway

(My sorrows snatched away my sight [I cried to the point of blindness]. I not only forgot his city, but even the way that led to his city. [That's how crumpled up/debilitating my grief was, that it took over my mind so completely. I forgot those things that were once second nature])

Kheyaal tha keh sunaayen ge haal-e-dil lekin

Hum us ke saamnay arz-e-hunar bhi bhool gaye

arz = request

hunar = skill

(I thought I'd share what's in my heart with him, but once I got in front of him, I even forgot how to speak)

Juda huay to khula hai tumhaari basti mein

Hum aik dil he nahin, chashm-e-tarr bhi bhool gaye

basti = town

chashm = eye

tarr = wet

(And now that we're no longer together, I realize that not only you have my heart, but you also have my tears [meaning I've lost the ability to feel - I'm numb; I've lost it all])

~ Noshi Gilani