I Am In Her Thoughts But My Lover Is Someone Else, A Urdu Ghazal By Saleem Kausar In English Translation Poem by Ravi Kopra

I am in her thoughts but my lover is someone else
Before the mirror I am my image, behind someone else

She begs for my love but who prays for my love is someone else
I am her good luck, but the one after my love is someone else

Trusting some and doubting others I live my life
She is close to me but the one who knows me well is someone else

Apparently we seem to be similar in thoughts and manners
Come close to me, let me see if you are real or someone else

You were unaware of the enemies, I did not know who my friends were
Your story was somewhat different, I appear to be someone else

What to make of the law, what to say of the judgements!
My crime was a different one, my sentence was for someone else

Don't question him if he comes back, but pay close attention to him
Midway when he finds out he went astray, the path was for someone else

Saleem's midnight prayers were not answered by the morning
He finally surmised - Allah is not Allah but someone else

(An added ghazal)

Whatever he did in his life, 'Ravi' was always a failure
He never blamed himself but said - behind his failures was someone else