I Was Patient, A Urdu Ghazal By Gulzar In English Translation Poem by Ravi Kopra

I Was Patient, A Urdu Ghazal By Gulzar In English Translation



Often I give a damn but I was patient
For you each time you were late

You made promises habitually
Habitually I accepted your promises

I waited for you by the road you come
I waited for myself, you did not come

I will never ask for another life, O Allah
I committed this sin once, no more, O Allah!

Saturday, March 17, 2018
Topic(s) of this poem: patience
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
sabr har baar iḳhtiyār kiyā
ham se hotā nahīñ hazār kiyā

ādatan tum ne kar diye va.ade
ādatan ham ne e'tibār kiyā

ham ne aksar tumhārī rāhoñ meñ
ruk kar apnā hī intizār kiyā

phir na māñgeñge zindagī yā-rab
ye gunah ham ne ek baar kiyā
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