Yeh Azroo Bhi Bari Cheez Hai Magar Hamdam: Faiz Ahmed Faiz Verse

 

قطعہ – فیض احمد فیض

نہ آج لطف کر اتنا کہ کل گزر نہ سکے
وہ رات جو کہ ترے گیسوؤں کی رات نہیں

یہ آرزو بھی بڑی چیز ہے مگر ہمدم
وصالِ یار فقط آرزو کی بات نہیں

 

Na Aaj Lutf Kar Itna Ke Kal Guzr Na Sakey

Woh Raat Jo Tere Gaisaoon Ki Raat Nahin

Yeh Azroo Bhi Bari Cheez Hai Magar Hamdam

Wisaal-e-Yaar Faqat Aanzoo Ki Baa Ki Nahin

 

English Translation

 

Don’t enjoy too much that it becomes intolerable, tomorrow’s night that is without the fragrance of your hair
The desire to be with you amazing, my beloved, but yet wishing for you is not the same as meeting you.

 

Faiz Ahmed Faiz was truly in a league of his own when it comes to Urdu romantic poets. Even after decades, his Urdu and Punjabi poems are loved, recited and quotes by many, an exceptional examples being Zia Mohyeddin Read Faiz Ahmad Faiz poetry.