A Smile a day!
By Manjusha Handa
Tujhse ilteja , teri ek muskaraahat ki , har subah
Jo phelaaye tere ishk ki madhoshi har jagah!
bewajah hi sahi, bas khushiyon ke rang barsaa,
Apni in khaamoshiyon se kainaat ko na tarsaa!
Lab-e-Khamosh, Nishaan-e-pur'shor Aah to nahi,
Tohr kar Band-o-gham, ek baar muskara to sahi!
Purana hai rishta zindagi ka, ranj o gham ke saath,
Fikrein udhaa kar, Qaid-e-hayat se paa tu nijaat!
Chashn-e-pur-aab se, sang-o-khisht angaar-e- dard bhujte nahi
Chalo firse muskaraaein, saath khushiyon ka baseira dhunde yahin!
Zindagi jitnee dikhti hai, utni bezaar bhi nahi, ise aur dilchasp karein,
Aao naseem-e-sahar-e-sabaahat se sehraaon ko bhi Saaz-gaar rakhein!
Meanings:
naseem-e-sahar-e-sabaahat - Beauty,grace of Morning Wind
Sehraaon - Deserts
Saaz-Gaar - Harmonious
Chashn-e-pur-aab - tearful eyes
Sang-o-Kisht - stone and brick
By Manjusha Handa
Tujhse ilteja , teri ek muskaraahat ki , har subah
Jo phelaaye tere ishk ki madhoshi har jagah!
bewajah hi sahi, bas khushiyon ke rang barsaa,
Apni in khaamoshiyon se kainaat ko na tarsaa!
Lab-e-Khamosh, Nishaan-e-pur'shor Aah to nahi,
Tohr kar Band-o-gham, ek baar muskara to sahi!
Purana hai rishta zindagi ka, ranj o gham ke saath,
Fikrein udhaa kar, Qaid-e-hayat se paa tu nijaat!
Chashn-e-pur-aab se, sang-o-khisht angaar-e- dard bhujte nahi
Chalo firse muskaraaein, saath khushiyon ka baseira dhunde yahin!
Zindagi jitnee dikhti hai, utni bezaar bhi nahi, ise aur dilchasp karein,
Aao naseem-e-sahar-e-sabaahat se sehraaon ko bhi Saaz-gaar rakhein!
Meanings:
naseem-e-sahar-e-sabaahat - Beauty,grace of Morning Wind
Sehraaon - Deserts
Saaz-Gaar - Harmonious
Chashn-e-pur-aab - tearful eyes
Sang-o-Kisht - stone and brick