धुंध हर तरफ छाई है
फिर इश्क़ ने ली अंगड़ाई है

नियम नही चलता इसमें कोई
देता सबको तन्हाई है

हर दिल को दर्द ये मिलता है
पड़ती सहनी ये जुदाई है

मेरी मानो इश्क़ न करना
इससे भली रुसवाई है

कदम-कदम हर शख़्स को मिलती
इसमें बस बेवफाई है

बचना चाहा हमनें भी पर
ये कैद में हमको लाई है

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At the point
when breaths axphixiates,
anamnesis appear like
a glint of flame.
Like the dust,
forming a cloud,
strolling like a smog,
for I knew I have millions
of breaths more to take.
While the breaths threaded,
rattled, and tormented.
I am only a shell,
held with the agony
going through the
dull walls within,
the pieces moving.
I am finally summoned
to give in,
drowned in the
smog filled cavity of my chest.

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The residue of our burnt love,
the ash, in the form of your memory,
is like a smog.
It clogs my heart &
leaves me breathless.
Slowly but surely,
it's killing me!

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The noon darkness
and damp-smelling
air threatened to
render them helpless
beneath the pitiful
shelter they sought.
I cast my eyes to
the charcoal sky,
my attention held
by a golden streak,
a crack in the cloud
layered by the sun
streamed through
with thick smog.
The rain was promised,
the wind already unleashed,
there would be sunshine
and warmth by morning,
time to rebuild and repair.

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चीरती इस ज़ालिम धुंध को,
आवाज़ कहीं से आई है,
चलो पार उस सरहद के जहाँ,
न कैद है न ही रिहाई है,
मिलन की हर ऋतु है जहाँ,
न दूर दूर तक रुसवाई है।

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It was finally his turn to get lost in the scarlet smog of her serene love after years of waiting.....

Finally the old man would find solace with the soul of his dear departed....

When life separated,
Death united!

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