Aj da din vii aenwii langya

Aj da din vii aenweill langyaa
koii vii kam naa hoya
purab valoN chaRRyaa suraj
pascham vaang khaloyaa
naa milyaa mai halqat nuuN
naa mai yaad khuda nuu kitaa
naa mai paRii namaaz
te naa mai jaam sharaab daa piitaa
khushi naa gham koii kol naa aayaa
naa hasyaa naa royaa
Aj da din vii aenweill langyaa

– Munir Niyazi

hamesha der kar deta hun

hamesha der kar detā huuñ maiñ har kaam karne meñ
zarūrī baat kahnī ho koī va.ada nibhānā ho
use āvāz denī ho use vāpas bulānā ho
hamesha der kar detā huuñ maiñ
madad karnī ho us kī yaar kī Dhāras bañdhānā ho
bahut derīna rastoñ par kisī se milne jaanā ho
hamesha der kar detā huuñ maiñ
badalte mausamoñ kī sair meñ dil ko lagānā ho
kisī ko yaad rakhnā ho kisī ko bhuul jaanā ho
hamesha der kar detā huuñ maiñ
kisī ko maut se pahle kisī ġham se bachānā ho
haqīqat aur thī kuchh us ko jā ke ye batānā ho
hamesha der kar detā huuñ maiñ har kaam karne meñ.

– Munir Niazi

kis daa dosh hai

kis daa dosh sii kis daa nahin sii
ae galaan hun karan diaan nahin
veley lang gaye hun tauba waaley
raataan hun hokey bharan diaan nahiin
jo hoyaa tey honaa hii sii
tey honiaan rokey rukdiaan nahiin
ik varii jadon shuru ho jaavey
tey gal phir awain mukdii nahin
kujh unjh vii rawaan aukhiaan sii
kujh gal wich gam daa tauq vii sii
kujh  shahar dey loq vii zaalim san
kujh saanuu maran daa shauq vii sii

First rough draft: Sundeep Dougal

Whose fault was it, whose was it not
There’s no point talking about it now
The time to repent is now gone
The nights now are not to sob
What happened had to happen
And what has to happen cannot be stopped
And once it starts
The topic does not end just like that
As it is the path was not easy
As it is the subject was subsumed by sadness
As it is the people of the city were cruel
As it is I had a death wish too.

Apparently there are more verses in this before the last four lines:

kujh shauq sii yaar faqeerii daa
kujh ishq ne dar dar rol ditaa
 
kujh sajan kasar na chhaDii sii
kujh zahar raqeeba’n ghol ditaa
 
kujh hijar firaaq daa rang charhya
kujh dard maahi anmol ditaa
 
kujh saRR gayii qismat bad’qismat dii
kujh payaar wich judaai rol ditaa
 
– Munir Niazi