1/12: zakhm

ek do zakhm nahin

jism hai saara chhalni

dard bechaara pareshaan hai

kahaan se nikle

not just a wound or two

the whole body is torn

poor pain is troubled

as to where to emerge from

Theme:Life, Living & Dying (104)

2/12: zakhm

daagh duniya ne diye

zakhm zamaane se mile

hum ko tohfe ye

tumhein dost banaane se mile

i got the scars from the world

and the wounds from life

the few gifts i got

from having you as a friend

Theme:Life, Living & Dying (104)

3/12: zakhm

khushbu-e-hinaa kehna

narmi-e-saba kehna

jo zakhm mile tum ko

phoolon ki qabaa kehna

call it the fragrance of henna

call it a gentle breeze

whatever wound you get in life

call it a robe of roses

Theme:Life, Living & Dying (104)

4/12: zakhm

chaaraagar ne bahr-e-taskeen

rakh diya hai dil pe haath

meherbaan hai vo magar

na-aashnaa-e-zakhm hai

the healer, for comfort’s sake,

placed his hand on my heart

he is kind, but he is

not familiar with my ailment

Theme:Loneliness, Solitude & Grief (92)

5/12: zakhm

zakhm jhele, daagh bhi

khaye bahut

dil laga kar hum to

pachhtaaye bahut

many wounds i bore,

many scars did i sustain

getting my heart entangled

i regretted a lot

Theme:Heart, Mind & Memory (58)

6/12: zakhm

ek naya zakhm mila

ek nayi umr mili

jab kisi shahr mein

kuchh yaar puraane se mile

received a new wound

and found a new life

when in the new city

found some old friends

Theme:Friends, Family & Community (108)

7/12: zakhm

tu dard bhi dua bhi tu

zakhm bhi davaa bhi

shikwe bhi hain tujhi se

aur pyaar bhi tujhi se

you are the pain, the blessing too

the wound and the cure too

complaint is against you too

and my love is for you too

Theme:Religion, Reason & Tradition (48)

8/12: zakhm

wo khaar khaar hai

shaakh-e-gulaab ki maanind

main zakhm zakhm huun

phir bhi gale lagaaun use

she is prickly, prickly

like the branch of a rose

i am wounded, wounded

but yet longing for an embrace

Theme:Love, Passion and Longing (88)

9/12: zakhm

log kaanTon se

bach ke chalte hain

main ne phoolon se

zakhm khaaye hain

people walk along,

surviving the thorns

but here i am,

wounded by flowers

Theme:Nature, World & Universe (44)

10/12: zakhm

main zakhm kha ke gira tha

ki thaam us ne liya

muaaf kar ke mujhe

inteqaam us ne liya

i had fallen wounded

when he picked and held me

forgiving me

he took his revenge

Theme:Friends, Family & Community (108)

11/12: zakhm

nazar lage na kaheen

uske dasto baazoo ko

ye log kyon mere

zakhm-e-jigar ko dekhte hain

may no evil eye fall

on her hands and arms

why do these people

keep gazing at my heart’s wounds

Theme:Loneliness, Solitude & Grief (92)

12/12: zakhm

maseeha maan baitha hai

woh khud ko

use kuchh zakhm kya

dikhla diye hain

he considers himself

a savior

just because some wounds

were shown to him

Theme:Miscellany (44)