And my thoughts danced under
the pullover of perplexities;
scattering the madness,
painting the chaos,
singing the pain,
seeing the rain
of hustles.

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Saraab si aankhon se behta hua gum
Yahan dard se hai himmat ka tasadum

Shikasta charkh talay umeedon ka ghar
Dil tod raha hai har khwahish pe dum

Dekhein kharzaaron mein gullon ke rang
Bhala kab sach hue duniya mein za'am

Waaste koray warq tak hain apne
Kya khuwaab dekhein kitabon ke hum

Raha shokh ta'umar ma'yoob Ishrat
Yunhi nahi hai tanhayi se takallum

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My pursuit turns
More ardent with
Every passing hour,
I couldn't inurn
My thirst for you.
For you are
The sole elixir
To quench fire
From the
Incinerated ocean
Of my heart.

©Ishrat Zaman

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An act of kindness
Can obliterate
the heart's blindness.

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You are the medicine
I am seeking for.

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'cause love heals the most agonizing sores.

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O Beloved!
the Azaan
of your love
has made me
a believer
and maybe
that's the reason
that my heart
turned its way
towards the
atonement.

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I beheld tears lurching
on the rims of his eyes;
heart laden with wailful
memories strangling
his every moment;
the burden of stopped cries
in his throat, not letting him
breathe the gale of peace;
soul craving for a
rejuvenation from years;
and an ebbing hope
of not rising again.

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I am incarcerated in the trap
Of nonexisting vibrance of his love.

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I have nothing to flaunt but an amazingly beautiful childhood to remember.

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