Bano Ali Poems

Main keya thi main keya ho gai aaj shab,
Woh aurat kahan kho gai aaj shab.
Yeh ghadiayan theen jimmein mujhe jagna tha,
Main keyun bekhabar so gai aaj shab.
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I am only forty eight,
I don't count the years before I met you,
My life started when I met you,
Or I am even younger than that,
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Having passed fifty years with you
I now agree with you.
I regret why I couldn't reply only Shoo.
Perhaps I loved you
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Apna gham tha to yeh dil pighla tha aansoo ban kar
Apni khushiyon pe mahakta tha yeh khushboo ban kar,
Jane yeh dard mila kaysa ke dil khoon hua,
Hosh baqi na raha zehn bhi majnoon hua,
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Main gudiya ka beah rachaoon gi,
Main dulhan ise banaoon gi,
Main ne bazar mein dekha hay,
Kutch chote chote khilione hayn,
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Main aksar sochti hoon zindigi jo sath guzri hay,
Agar tanha guzarti to main kabki mar gaee hoti,
Tumhare peyar ne mujhko umangen dee hayn jeene ki,
Wagarna main to murjha kar bikhar jati zamane mein.
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Peyare bacho aage barho,
Buraion se jang karo,
Peyar muhabbat dosti,
Baqae bahami, amn o ashti,
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Hiding your face in your pillow,
sometimes you cry
and,
sometimes you smile!
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Kam mere to kar dikhao mujhe,
Aaj main roothoon tum manao mujhe.
Zere lab jisko gugunate ho,
Aaj wuh geet to sunao mujhe.
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Tapti ret pe chalte chalte,
Jab bhi peeche mud kar dekha,
Tez hawa ke garm bagoole,
Peeche peeche ret udate,
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