Friday, March 24, 2006

KaThai aaNkhen teri/ Those brown eyes

KaThai aaNkhen teri
MeeThi baaThen teri

Woh muskurana tera
Aise sharmana tera

Pheli baarish ka paani ho
Ya haseen ek kahani ho

Ek shayer ka qalm ho
Har sufi ka kalaam ho

Oonchi ek tasveer tu
Kissi ki takhdeer tu

Har dil habeeb tera
Koi to naseeb tera

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Those brown eyes
And your sweet talk

The way you smile
And your shy walk

First drop of rain you are
Or a beautiful fable you are

A poet’s quill you are
Or a mystic’s chanting you are

Yours a painting hung on the sky
You are the luck whole world can’t buy

Every heart beats with yours
Destiny’s walk ends with yours

-- Toufeeq

[ English version is not exact translation of Urdu’s, but more like inspired version of it]