1/5: taqaaza

mujh ko ye aarzoo

woh uThaayein naqaab khud

un ko ye intezaar

taqaaza kare koyi

it is my desire

that she lifts the veil herself

and she waits for

someone to request

Theme:Beauty, Charm & Union (84)

2/5: taqaaza

chand alfaaz ke moti hain

mere daaman mein

magar teri mohabbat ka

taqaaza kuchh aur

i hold a few pearl-like

words in my lap

but the demands of your love

are something else entirely

Theme:Beauty, Charm & Union (84)

3/5: taqaaza

talaash-e-talab mein woh lazzat mili hai

dua kar raha hoon ke manzil na aaye

raah-e-aashiqi ka taqaaza yehi hai ke

kashti chale par saahil na aaye

i found so much joy in the seeking of my desire

i am praying the destination never arrives

the demand of the path of love is just this:

boat keeps sailing, but shore is never reached

Theme:Quest, Journey & Destination (44)

4/5: taqaaza

zindagi ka yahi

taqaaza hai

shaam to subha mein

badalte raho

this is only demand

of life

keep turning every evening

into a dawn

Theme:Life, Living & Dying (104)

5/5: taqaaza

naala juz husn-e-talab

aye sitam-ijaad nahin

hai taqaaza-e-zafa

shikwa-e-bedaad nahin

the lament, just a desire for beauty

o cruelty, not an act of creation

it is a demand for healing

not a complaint of separation

Theme:Loneliness, Solitude & Grief (92)