1/2: farda

tu ise paimaana-e-imroz-o-farda

se na naap

jaavedaan, paiham rawaan

har dam jawaan hai zindagi

do not measure it by the

standards of yesterday and tomorrow

constantly flowing every moment…

life is forever youthful

Mohammed Iqbal

(18)

paimaana (3) cup, measure

imroz (1) yesterday, today

farda (2) dawn, tomorrow

naap (1) measure

paiham (2) flowing, continuous

Theme:Life, Living & Dying (104)

2/2: farda

jabr-e-maahaul ki zulmat

mein bhi ehsaas mera

noor afshaan hai

jamaal-e-rukh-e-farda ki tarah

even in today’s

oppressive darkness, i feel

the light is spreading

like the beautiful face of the future

Naresh Kumar ‘Shaad’

(1)

noor (8) light, radiance

rukh (8) face, direction

jabr (1) oppression, compulsion

maahaul (1) surrounding, ambience

zulmat (2) darkness

afshaan (1) spreading

jamaal (4) light, beauty, elegance

farda (2) dawn, tomorrow

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