6 Urdu ash'ar / shaayari (shers, couplets) by
Abdul ‘Taban’ Hai
1715-1749,
Delhi (India)
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dekh qaasid ko mere yaar ne
poochha "tabaan"
kya mere hijr mein jeeta hai
woh ghamnaak hanuuz?
looking at the messenger
my beloved asked, 'tabaan'
what, he is still alive
with the grief of my separation?
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2 / 6: Abdul ‘Taban’ Hai
ho ruuh ke taain
jism se kis tarah mohabbat?
taair ko qafas se bhi
kahin ho hai mohabbat?
can the spirit truly
fall in love with the body?
can a bird ever feel
love for its own prison?
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3 / 6: Abdul ‘Taban’ Hai
zaahid ho aur taqwa
aabid ho aur musalla
maala ho aur barhaman
sahbaa ho aur ham ho
the ascetic and abstinence
the devout and prayer mat
the rosary and the brahmin
the wine and me
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4 / 6: Abdul ‘Taban’ Hai
ek bulbul bhi chaman mein
na rahee ab ki fasl
zulm aisa hi kiya tu ne
aye sayyaad, ki bas
not even a single nightingale
remains in the garden this season
such was your tyranny,
oh hunter, what can one say?
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5 / 6: Abdul ‘Taban’ Hai
dard-e-sar hai
khumaar se mujh ko
jald le kar sharaab
aa saaqi
the intoxication has
left me with a hangover
quickly, o wine-pourer,
fetch me another drink
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6 / 6: Abdul ‘Taban’ Hai
kis kis tarah ki dil mein
guzarti hai hasratein
hai wasl se zyaada
mazaa intezaar ka
so many kinds of unmet desires
keep coursing through the heart
but there is more fun in the waiting
than there is in the getting
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