Her Eyes Show Modesty, Her Manners You Must See, A Urdu Ghazal Of Momin Khan Momin In English Translation Poem by Ravi Kopra

Her Eyes Show Modesty, Her Manners You Must See, A Urdu Ghazal Of Momin Khan Momin In English Translation



Her eyes show modesty, her manners you must see
She is a slave of passions, her cruel grace you must see

I bargained my lust for a Houri for this beautiful lady
My love has a happy ending, its beginning you must see

Do not mistake my madness for her, my dear advisor?
How coyly she throws her glances, you must see

They bet their lives for lust they could not keep in check
Those brave unfortunate lovers, you must see

Hearing my arrival, he stood up instantly in the meeting
The status of lovers with notoriety you must see

It is alright in a meeting to look at a stranger secretly
But the secret should not remain hidden, you must see

My tears are witness to the shirt's hem's purity
The miracle of merciless Joseph you must see

Alas! 'Momin' did not see the beautiful women even in heaven
The tyranny of his discriminating death, you must see

Monday, December 11, 2017
Topic(s) of this poem: beauty,lust,passion,seduction
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
the original in Urdu

aankhon se haya Tapke hai andaz to dekho

āñkhoñ se hayā Tapke hai andāz to dekho
hai bul-havasoñ par bhī sitam naaz to dekho

us but ke liye maiñ havas-e-hūr se guzrā
is ishq-e-ḳhush-anjām kā āġhāz to dekho

chashmak mirī vahshat pe hai kyā hazrat-e-nāseh
tarz-e-nigah-e-chashm-e-fusūñ-sāz to dekho

arbāb-e-havas haar ke bhī jaan pe khele
kam-tāla.i-e-āshiq-e-jāñ-bāz to dekho

majlis meñ mire zikr ke aate hī uThe vo
badnāmi-e-ushshāq kā e.azāz to dekho

mahfil meñ tum aġhyār ko duz-dīda nazar se
manzūr hai pinhāñ na rahe raaz to dekho

us ġhairat-e-nāhīd kī har taan hai dīpak
sho.ala sā lapak jaa.e hai āvāz to dekho

deñ pāki-e-dāman kī gavāhī mire aañsū
us yūsuf-e-bedard kā e.ajāz to dekho

jannat meñ bhī 'momin' na milā haa.e butoñ se
jaur-e-ajal-e-tafraqa-pardāz to dekho

-Momin Khan Momin
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