Thursday, May 27, 2010

Jo Tu Ne

Jo tu ne banaayee hai khwabeedah bahisht
Jo tu ne jalaaye hain mohabbat ke chiraagh
Khaab shehzaada jisay tum dekhti ho
Naadeeda saahir jisay tum poojti ho
Roz chala aata hai saahir sa yahaan
Gar yeh he banay teray naseebon ka suhaag
Phir jo past kheyalaat ka maara niklay 
Tum he kaho ishq mein paagal larki
Kaun tiray khaabon ki gavaahi de ga

~ Muhammad Sabir

khwabeedah = dreamy
bahisht = heaven
naadeeda = invisible
saahir = magician
suhaag = husband
past = indecent
gavahi = testimony; witness

(This imaginary heaven that you have created in which you have lit the light of love; in which you dream of your prince charming, this magician who has enticed you with his many charms, who comes here everyday; if he ends up being your life partner, but turns out to be a bad person, who then will testify for the beauty of your dreams?)

(Explanation [One of my personal greatest concerns as well]: Every girl conjures up an image of an ideal life partner. When deciding to get married, every girl chooses what she thinks is the guy who best fits her fantasies. But then, what if, this guy that you placed on a pedestal, after getting married to you, turns out to be this giant ass. [E.g. says something like, "well, you went out with me and stuff, I don't know how many other guys you went out with, let come close to you, how can I trust your loyalty?] And then what choice would you have? What option? This is the guy you chose, he is the one you wanted to spend the rest of your life with, it was your decision... Who will ever understand the legitimacy of your aforementioned dreams? Who will ever be able to testify to the discrepancy between those dreams and how they panned out?!) 

3 comments:

Abid said...

Hello
Your posts are not so frequent ... i wish they were ...!! i've to wait for such a long time for your posts .. !!

FYI .. i copy most of your poems on my phone & send em as text messages to my dear ones ... & i get all the praise for my choice of poetry while in reality you do all the hard work :)
Thanks ;P

Ambareen said...

I'm extremely sorry for posting sporadically. I try to update as much as possible, but as I've mentioned before, I'm having computer issues. Whenever I get a hold of my brother's laptop, I make sure to update my blog.

I'm very pleased to learn that you like my poetry collection. In a way you should get the credit for good taste in poetry because these poems here that you like, ARE good poems =]

You and I, my friend, have excellent taste!

Abid said...

Well i hope your Computer issues get resolved ASAP or even better, your brother gives you his laptop 4ever :D

Looking forward to your Next Post ..
Plz post some Poems regarding Friendship !!

Thnx
Keep Smiling :)