1/8: zameen

darakht kaT gaya

lekin woh raabte, nasir

tamaam raat parinde

zameen pe baiThe rahe

the tree was cut down, nasir

but such was the bond

all night long, the birds

sat on the ground below

Theme:Life, Living & Dying (104)

2/8: zameen

vaaye khush-fahmi ki

parvaaz-e-yaqeen se bhi gaye

aasmaan chuune ki khwaahish mein

zameen se bhi gaye

alas, our delusion soared

beyond the flight of reality

in the desire to kiss the sky

we lost touch with the ground

Theme:Hopes, Aspirations & Dreams (33)

3/8: zameen

zindagi jab bhi tere

bazm mein laati hai hamen

yeh zameen chaand se behtar

nazar aati hai hamen

when life brings me to

your gathering

this earth looks to me

more beautiful than the moon

Theme:Friends, Family & Community (108)

4/8: zameen

insaan ki khwahishon ki

koi inteha nahi

do gaz zameen bhi chahiye

do gaj kafan ke baad

there is no limit

to the human need

after two yards of shroud

needs two yards of land

Theme:Hopes, Aspirations & Dreams (33)

5/8: zameen

kitna hai badnaseeb 'zafar’

dafn ke liye

do gaz zameen bhi na mili

koo-e-yaar mein

how wretched is your fate, ‘zafar’

that for your burial

you couldn’t get two yards

in the lane (land) of the beloved

Theme:Life, Living & Dying (104)

6/8: zameen

kabhi kisi ko mukammal

jahaan nahi milta

kahin zameen

kahin aasmaan nahi milta

nobody ever

gets the entire world

sometimes the earth

sometimes the sky…you don’t get

Theme:Life, Living & Dying (104)

7/8: zameen

jab main chalun to

saaya bhi apna na saath de

jab tum chalo

zameen chale aasmaan chale

when i go, not even my shadow

keeps me company

when you go

the earth follows, the sky follows

Theme:Nature, World & Universe (44)

8/8: zameen

kitna hai bad-naseeb 'zafar'

dafn ke liye

do gaz zameen bhi na mili

kuu-e-yaar mein

how unfortunate is zafar

for his burial

couldn’t get two yards of ground

in the lane of his beloved

Theme:Life, Living & Dying (104)