He Looked So Strange, A Urdu Ghazal By Ibrahim Ashk In English Translation Poem by Ravi Kopra
He Looked So Strange, A Urdu Ghazal By Ibrahim Ashk In English Translation
He looked so strange, I should have thought about him more
His meeting was so strange, I had wanted something more
His face did no show what was on his mind
His silence was strange, his speech even more
Every few seconds he would change the topic
strange was he while here, on leaving even more
You will be mistaken if you think you know him
as a stranger he is different, as a friend even more
Don't know if I should accept him or send him away
hard if I lose him, accepting him even more
An enemy, a confidant, a stranger, he is all in one
'Ashk' thought he was different, but turned out to be even more
dekha to koi aur tha socha to koi aur
dekhā to koī aur thā sochā to koī aur
jab aa ke milā aur thā chāhā to koī aur
us shaḳhs ke chehre meñ ka.ī rañg chhupe the
chup thā to koī aur thā bolā to koī aur
do-chār qadam par hī badalte hue dekhā
Thahrā to koī aur thā guzrā to koī aur
tum jaan ke bhī us ko na pahchān sakoge
anjāne meñ vo aur hai jaanā to koī aur
uljhan meñ huuñ kho duuñ ki use pā luuñ karūñ kyā
khone pe vo kuchh aur hai paayā to koī aur
dushman bhī hai hamrāz bhī anjān bhī hai vo
kyā 'ashk' ne samjhā use vo thā to koī aur
-Ibrahim Ashk
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