Mai Aksar Ye Kehta Hoon

Pesh karta hoon ek nazm, "MAI AKSAR YE KEHTA HOON", iss ummeed ke saath ke aapko pasand aaye. Mulahiza farmaaye.

I present a Nazm, "OFTEN DO I SAY", with this hope that you find it endearing. Please lend an ear.

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Poetry details

Title: MAI AKSAR YE KEHTA HOON

Created date: 23-Apr-2005 Sat

Total lines: 24

Written by: Shakeel Anwar

Transliteration

Mai aksar ye kehta hoon

Iss zameen pe rehta hoon

Ek bejaan tinke ki tarah

Samay ki lahar me behta hoon

x2

Kiyon mae sirf behta hoon

Mai aksar ye kehta hoon

Mann ke bhitar ek wadi hai

Jahan sapno ki aabadi hai

Khwab hai wahan ke rajkumar

Aur chaahat anjaan shahzadi hai

x2

Kyon khwab dekha karta hoon

Mai aksar ye kehta hoon

Nazar jo aasma tak jaati ho,

Thak kar waapas laut aati ho.

Samajh na aaye kuch nigah ko,

Nazar ko jaise nazar na aati ho.

x2

Jab nazrein jhukaya karta hoon,

To mai aksar ye kehta hoon.

Har pal jo guzar jata hai,

Kuch yaadein chhod jata hai.

Aankhon mein basa hai kuch manzar,

Haan, mujhko hasata rulata hai.

x2

Jab yaadein kharch karta hoon,

Mai aksar ye kehta hoon.

Haan, mai aksar ye kehta hoon,

Iss zameen pe rehta hoon,

Ek bejaan tinke ki tarah,

Samay ki lahar me behta hoon...

Samay ki lahar me behta hoon.

Detailed work

Line 1

Mai aksar ye kehta hoon,

Often do I say,

Line 2

Iss zameen pe rehta hoon.

I dwell on this land.

Line 3

Ek bejaan tinke ki tarah,

Like a lifeless straw,

Line 4

Samay ki lahar me behta hoon.

Floating in the wave of time.

Line 5

Kyon mai sirf behta hoon?

Why do I merely float?

Line 6

Mai aksar ye kehta hoon.

Often do I say.

Line 7

Mann ke bhitar ek wadi hai,

There is a valley in the core of my heart,

Line 8

Jahan sapno ki aabadi hai.

Which is populated with aspirations.

Line 9

Khwab hai wahan ke rajkumar,

Dream is it’s Prince,

Line 10

Aur chaahat anjaan shahzadi hai.

And Desire is the unknown Princess.

Line 11

Kyon khwab dekha karta hoon?

Why do I keep dreaming?

Line 12

Mai aksar ye kehta hoon.

Often do I say.

Line 13

Nazar jo aasma tak jaati ho,

When the gaze reaches the sky,

Line 14

Thak kar waapas laut aati ho.

When it returns exhausted.

Line 15

Samajh na aaye kuch nigah ko,

The vision can’t fathom a thing,

Line 16

Nazar ko jaise nazar na aati ho.

As if the eyes can’t see.

Line 17

Jab nazrein jhukaya karta hoon,

Whenever I lower my gaze,

Line 18

To mai aksar ye kehta hoon.

Then often do I say.

Line 19

Har pal jo guzar jata hai,

With every passing moment,

Line 20

Kuch yaadein chhod jata hai.

Some memories are left behind.

Line 21

Aankhon mein basa hai kuch manzar,

Some spectacle is fixated in my eyes,

Line 22

Haan, mujhko hasata rulata hai.

Indeed, it makes me laugh and cry.

Line 23

Jab yaadein kharch karta hoon,

Whenever I spend my memories,

Line 24

Mai aksar ye kehta hoon.

Often do I say.

Credits

Poet: Shakeel Anwar

Translation, Transliteration: Dawood Shakeel