agar main aisi chinta main dooba rahoon
k gurbat main kya hoga mujh ko buDapay main
meri sehat khasta ab ho jaey gi
mar jaaonga buDapa aanay k pehlay se
agar main is chinta main dooba rahoon
k bina pyaar kya hoga mujh ko buDapay main
to saray merary khawab ab khatam ho jaengay
ek din bhi na reh paooNga bina khawaboN k
mujhe dhoop main baithnay do
aasman ko sun-nay do
pyaar main tum ko karronga bharay dil se
mujhe apne ghar main rehnay do
apna inderdush bana-nay do
pyaar main tumain karoonga asliyat main
charagah main ghode k bachay ki tarah
bina seema k mujhe muje ghoomne do
jab tak pad jhaD nahin aa jaata
chupay chupay mere darwaazay pe
tab tak fir main
tera intzaar fir rahooN ga apne dil main.
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Allow Me
BY CHUNGMI KIM
If I must worry about how
I will live in my old age
without wealth
I would be without health now
and how can I live to be
old?
If I must worry about how
I will live in my old age
without love
I would be without dreams now
and how can I go on living
another day?
Allow me to sit in the sun
and listen to the sky.
I will love you gently.
Allow me to stay in my room
and weave my rainbows.
I will love you truly.
Like a colt in the meadow
with no boundary
allow me
to wander around
till I hear the autumn
stealthily
strolling by my door.
I will be waiting
to be with you
then.
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