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aaGhaaz-e-zamistaaN meN dubaara

In the Beginning of Winter Again

Translation by Zafar Iqbal Syed

Ghuruub-e-mehr kaa manzar GhaRii huvii guzraa
bas aik pal ko niyastaaN usii tarah larzaa
giyaah-e-sabz kii Khushbuu usii zamaane kii
usii tarah kii masarrat bahaar aane kii
vuhii jamaal-e-dar-o-saqf-o-baam hai, maiN huuN
kinaar-e-raud-e-siah-faam-e-shaam hai, maiN huuN

The sunset elapsed by a while ago
Just for a moment the reed-jungle trembled alike
The odor of the green-grass of the same times
The same ecstasy for the approaching of spring
The same glory of the doors, rooftops, terraces - and I am
The banks of the grey waters of the evening - and I am

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