Ik aurat sirf mohabbat ki umeed mein mard ki ghulami karti hai—uske makan ko ghar banati hai, bachche paalti hai, maar aur gaaliyan sehti hai hr isitam ko khamoshi se bardasht karti hai . Aakhir mein jo aurat ghar banati hai, wahi us ghar ki ghulaam ban kar reh jaati hai.
The candle flame is its tongue. By demonstration it ‘speaks’ or shows what a pure-hearted lover (‘ashiq) should do: stand vigil, waiting for the beloved, until it burns itself out. The poet uses “we” (bam) to include all lovers, suggesting that everyone should follow the example
sunā hai log use añkh bhar ke dekhte haiñ
so us ke shahr meñ kuchh din Thahar ke dekhte haiñ
sunā hai rabt hai us ko ḳharāb-hāloñ se
so apne aap ko barbād kar ke dekhte haiñ
sunā hai dard kī gāhak hai chashm-e-nāz us kī
so ham bhī us kī galī se guzar ke dekhte haiñ
~ Ahmed Faraz
ranjish hī sahī dil hī dukhāne ke liye aa
aa phir se mujhe chhoḌ ke jaane ke liye aa
kuchh to mire pindār-e-mohabbat kā bharam rakh
tū bhī to kabhī mujh ko manāne ke liye aa
~Ahmad Faraz
jama meñ afrād-e-ā'lam ek haiñ
gul ke sab aurāq-e-barham ek haiñ
hove kab vahdat meñ kasrat se ḳhalal
jism-o-jāñ go do haiñ bāham ek haiñ
nau-e-insāñ kī buzurgī se Tuk ek
hazrat-e-jirīl-e-marham ek haiñ
~khwaja meer dard