Beware! Sham vibrant fetching ties.
Some so hiding monstrous lies.

Seen much verdure, autumn shades.
To greedy glee, gone gifted glades.

Tick tock dally! Oh, friend ol’ Ben.
Thumbing noses? Since who knows when!

In dimensions, dreams, sentinel stands.
Stroked and cloaked by cheated hands.

Witnesses fair deceit of summer’s lies.
Watching! Phony, rutted, vixen ploys.

That spring in soul, given to jejune dust.
Dreams; tossed and lost in salacious lust.

So often, hastily pandered, inner eye.
Mixt, clueless wanders muddy sty

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saadat tahir

Source: Lafz

Choo na sakein mujhe ye hawaein behki si
Mujhe qaid apni wafaon main rakhna

Main khaak hoon bikhar na jaon kahin
Mujhe samait kar apne hathon main rakhna

Jo karo tum muhabbat hadon se guzar kar
Mera naam tum apni muhabbat main rakhna

Main karta hoon ehsaas tumhara
Tum bhi mujhe yaad apni duaon main rakhna

Kabhi bikhar na sake dardish-e-zamana
Mujhe apne pyaar ki panahon main rakhna

Ek haseen khuwab bana kar tum

Source: Lafz

One smile begins a friendship,
One handclasp lifts a soul.
One star can guide a ship at sea,

One step must start each journey.
One word must start each prayer.
One hope will raise our spirits,
One touch can show you care.

One voice can speak with wisdom,
One heart can know what’s true,
One life can make a difference,
You see, it’s up to you!

Source: Lafz

It’s silence when your speech would hurt,
Politeness when your neighbor’s curt.
It’s deafness when the scandal flows,
And sympathy with others’ woes.

It’s loyalty when duty calls,
It’s courage when disaster falls.
It’s patience when the hours are long,
It’s found in laughter and in song.

It’s in the silent time of prayer,
In happiness and in despair.
In all of life and nothing less,
We find the thing we call success.

Source: Lafz

duaa hai ki hamari tarha
na kabhi unka dil toote

hame to chot khane ki
aadat si hai lekin

kabhi honthon se unke
hansi ka daman na chhute

jinhone sitam karne me
na chhodi hai kaser koi

khudaya unpe kabhi bhi
naa koi sitam toote

Source: Lafz

Fairest damsel in rank and file.
A gem, a jewel, the daughter of Nile.

Cultured, enigmatic, vivacious smile.
Ready to help and go that mile.

The Nile inside dances and bubbles a song.
Like its water that means no wrong.

Deep springs well inside, twitter the birds.
The depth of heart not given to words.

Her demeanor; brings forth many a sighs.
Knows the darkest spots on MRIs.

For millennia the sphinx, a muted guard!
Patiently waited for bint e Ra’ad.

Glides the corridors and keeps her own.
In the finest tradition to pick no bone.

Skewered aside, chivalrous nouveau-riche,
Sends them packing without a glitch.

Knows her radiology and her place.
Unarmingly detaches from creed or race.

The Arabian Oryx walks the shifting dune.
A hope for the traveler is the desert moon;

that rises by the sea, in Domyat’s fold.
Spreading its color in charming gold.

Source: Lafz

Khushiyaan Ubharti Hai Bauhat Tujhe Paane Ki
Ye Raaz Aisa Hai Tujh Ko Bhi Hum Bata Nahi Sakte

Tere Badan Ki Bheeni Beeni Khushboo Ne
Madmast Tu Kiya Hai Per Hosh Hum Ganwa Nahi Sakte

Hai Mashq-E-Sitam Hum Per Az Rahe Karam Jaari
Dag Aise Mile Hai Dil Ko Jin Ko Hum Chupa Nahi Sakte

Ae Yaar Tere Lab Ye Lale Hai Nastran Hain
Ye Phool Kyun Meri Dastars Mein Aa Nahi Sakte

Dil Bujh Gaya Jab Ghumo Se Nafees Tera
Ye Phool Kyun Meri Dastars Mein Aa Nahi Sakte

Source: Lafz

Oh! How I wish to turn things back again
To return those moments of simple joy
Which were shared in the time that passed
A time whose thought brightens my face
But yet another tear rolls down my face
With realization that breaks my heart
That time once passed cannot be brought back
Yet a thought calms my mind
That this is the wonder of the world
Which can neither be deciphered nor described
That everyone who enters our life will have to leave
To fulfill their destiny bigger and brighter, somewhere else…

C.G.

Source: Lafz

Sab Kuch To Hai, Kya Dhundti Rahti Hai Nigahe,
Kya Baat Hai Main Waqt Pe Ghar Kyon Nahi Jata,

Woh Ek Hi Chera To, Nahi Sare Jahan Mein,
Jo Dur Hai Woh Dil Se Utar Kyon Nahi Jata,

Main Apni Hi Uljhi Hui Raho Ka Tamasha,
Jate Hain Jidhar Sab, Main Udhar Kyon Nahi Jata,

Woh Naam Jo Barso Se, Na Chehra Na Badan Hai,
Woh Khawaab Agar Hai To Bikhar Kyo Nahi Jata

Source: Lafz

Source: Lafz