MOUJI TRIESH (English Translation of Kashmiri Poem by Umair Gul)

Hupa Hupa !
A rice full of winnowing basket.
A Cowry of it. It is getting late.
A feast of gruel is written in our fate.
Thirst is written on our lips.
Mother that Babri Triesh. Mother that Babri Triesh
Thirsty I am , Mother thirsty I am  , quench my thirst
Don’t know where the dusk will descend.
Don’t know what mountains to ascend.
Neither do we know what fierce Sun has in store for us.
Nor do we know how the dunes of desert  will roar on us.
What if that dreaded army of Yazeed is waiting for us.
They may question us, interrogate us.
Just in case they tell us not to cry for help.
Die we may , thirst unquenched..
May be our heart beat is graphed.
May be it is interpreted too.
Our dreams revealed. May be arrested too.
Lest they show us oasis and diverge our path.
May be Euphrates is blocked and barricaded.
May be our breath is confiscated too.
May be our tents are burnt . Our caravan destroyed.
May be they carry a genocide. May be they destroy us.
May be they make us vanish, disappear and perish.
Burial without shrouds may be on cards.
The moment we breathe our last.
The moment we breathe our last.
Our eyes will still be looking only for you.
Our lips will murmur only one sentence.  Mother!
 Mother , that carton full of  Babri Treish.
 A drop ,  swig  or slurp of Babri Treish.
Mauji Triesh !  Mauji Treish!  Mauji Treish.

ZARUM NE DOORER (English Translation)

I could not bear estrangement- the Almighty will testify for me,

Dashed myself against rocks and mighty cliffs in my misery,

Sometimes I exacerbated this oozing wound mercilessly,

And sometimes I cajoled to sleep – its perpetual agony!



Forgetting, oblivious I forgot the entire world entirely,

But to vanquish your memory is entirely beyond me,

I had forgotten all about me, oblivious to myself entirely,

Who was it that caused me today again to remember me?



May your life be bestowed with longevity!

May my sight be sacrificed on you!!

How well have you adorned your life, astutely!

I – the naïve one for you forsook everything completely!!



Weeping, lamenting the flower meadows enquired of me:

Where is your beloved, why do you trudge alone, solitary?

The autumn tempest consoled and placated me,

As I emptied the heart of its burden of misery!!



What a great deal have I borne in love silently!

My heart is conversant with that state entirely!

In a blazing temper, prompted by your temper fiery,

You flung an arrow; I bore it on my heart gaily!



Bashir what is your religion, your identity?

I swear you a hundred times by me, remind me

For after digging a grave deep enough to house me,

I kindled my weary body in every crematory!!

5 DECEMBER, MARHOOM SHEIKH MOHAMMAD ABDULLAH KE NAAM

KHUDA KA SHUKR APNE PAAS BHI QALB-E-PARESHAN HAI
MAGAR USS MAIN PARAAYI DHADKANAIN HAR PAL DHADAKTI HAIN
KHUDA KA SHUKR HUM KASHMIRIYON KE PAAS AANKHAIN HAIN
HILAAL-E-EID PHIR HUM KO DIKHAYI KYUN NAHIN DETA
HUMARI EID AAYEGI YEH KYUN MUMKIN NAHIN HOTA
KOI AILAAN SARHAD PAAR SE JAB TAK NAHIN HOGA
KHUDA KA SHUKR APNA BHI DIMAAG AZHAD-KUSHADA HAI
MAGAR USS MAIN HUMEIN NE KUCH KIRAIYEDAAR RAKHE HAIN
KHUDA KA SHUKR APNE PAAS BHI TAAREEKH HAI APNI
MAGAR TAAREEKH DAANOON NE ISAY TAAREEK KAR DALA
HUMARI BAD-NASEEBI KA KHULASA HAI TO ITNA HAI
KI APNA JASHN-E-AAZADI KABHI HUMNE NAHIN DEKHA
KABHI USS PAAR WAALOON KE KABHI ISS PAAR WAALOON KE
MANAYE JASHN-E-AAZADI KHALOOS-O-SHOQ SE HUMNE
KABHI ISS PAAR KE JHANDE KABHI USS PAAR KE PARCHAM
HAWA MAIN KHOOB LEHRAYE BOHAT HI JOSH SE HUMNE
SUJHAYI KUCH NAHIN DETA KISE APNA WATAN SAMJHEIN
KI HUM JAKDE HUE HAIN AQL-O-DIL KE IK SHIKANJE MAIN
HUMARI BAD-NASEEBI KI KAHANI HAI TO ITNI HAI
KI HUM APNA WATAN AB TAK MUTAYYIN KAR NAHIN PAAYE
MUTAYYIN KAR TO SAKTE THE MAGAR YEH BAD-NASEEBI THI
KI APNE PAAS BHI SAB SE QADAAWAR REHNUMA TO THHA
HUMAIN LAIKIN WATAN KA WOH TASAVUR DE NAHIN PAAYA.

TERE KHAYAAL MAIN

TERE KHAYAAL MAIN AB BHI SHAMA JALATA HOON
KABHI MILE JO FARAGAT TUJHE TO AA JAANA
MAIN MUNTAZIR HOON TERA
JAB TALAK MAIN ZINDA HOON
MAIN JAANTA HOON
MERI AARZOO HAI LAHAASIL
WOH AARZOO JO MERE DARD KO MUQADDAR HAI
WOH AARZOO JO MERI BEBASI KA MEHVAR HAI
WOH AARZOO KI JISE MAINE GHAM KE SEHRA MAIN
TASAVVURAAT KI HAR SHAAKH-E-GUL PE DEKHA HAI
WOH AARZOO JO MERI AARZOO KI CHAUKHAT PAR
CHIRAAG-E-YAAD-E-MOHABBAT JALAYE RAKHTI HAI
AJAB JANOON THA MERE SAR PE PICHHLE MAUSAM MAIN
KI TERI YAAD KE GULDAAN MAINE TOD DIYE
AJAB JANOON HAI MERE SAR PE ABKE MAUSAM MAIN
KI TERI YAAD KE GULDAAN TOD TOD KE MAIN
TASAVVURAAT MAIN BAARADARI SAJATA HOON... 

YEH NAAG KAALE

YEH NAAG KAALE SIYAAH BADAL
MERE MUQADDAR KE AASMAAN PE
NA JAANE KAB TAK JAME RAHAINGE
NA JAANE KAB TAK CHHUPA RAHEGA
MERE NASEEBOON KA SARD SOORAJ
KIRAN KIRAN KO TARAS RAHA HOON
TADAP RAHA HOON BHATAK RAHA HOON
MAIN APNE SOONE JAHAAN BAITHA
YEH SOCHTA HOON
YEH DHOOP CHHAON KA KHAIL AAKIR
CHALEGA KAB TAK... 

HUM CHINAAR WAALE HAIN

IS JAHAAN-E-KHOOBAAN MAIN
DIL NAWAAZ GULSHAN HAIN
APNE GULSTAAN JAISA
GULSTAAN NAHIN MILTA
HAR KISI KHIYABAAN MAIN
PHOOL JHILMILATE HAIN
APNE BAGH KA JAISA
KEHKASHAN NAHIN MILTA

HUM MUHAJIROON SE TUM
KUCH NA POOCHHIYO SAHAB
KIS CHAMUN KE PANCHHI THE
KIS FAZA MAIN UDTE THE
TAAIR-E-MUSAFIR HAIN
HUM BHALA BATAAIN KYA
KHUSBUOON KI WAADI MAIN
KIS HAWA MAIN UDTE THE

AB TUMHARE SEHRA MAIN
HUM ZAROOR AAYAINGE
DASHT KE GUL-E-LAALA
HUM SE DIL LAGI KARNA
KYOUN HUMAIN DARATE HO
DHOOP KI TAMAZAT SE
HUM CHINAAR WAALE HAIN
HUM SE DOSTI KARNA

KHUD HI GHAR JALAYE THE
HUM PANAAH GEEROON NE
JANE AAKHRI SAANSAIN
KIS NAGAR MAIN TOOTAIN GI
JAB USE KHABAR HOGI
HUM KABHI NA LAUTAINGE
MUSKURAHATAIN US KE
KUNJ-E-LUB SE PHOOTAINGI.

SHAFEEQ KHUSHBOO BIKHAR NA JAAYE

Mere takhayyul se khushbuwoon ka guzar nahin tha
na jaane kis ki dua se mere
udaas dil ki muraad manzil ko chho sakee hai
wattan ki matti se khushbuwain musta'ar lekar
mujhe yaqeen tha
woh khushbuwain gar khaloos-e-dil se
tumhe jo tohfe main paish kar doon
toh mere sab na tamaam khwaboon ke phool
phir se mehak uthhainge
mujhe yaqeen tha mere wattan ki shafeeq khushboo
tumhare dil ke dar-o-dareechoon ko shoq se mushkbaar karde
Mujhe yaqeen tha
mere wattan ki shafeeq khushboo
tumhare naazuk dil-o-zehan main
mohabbatoon ko jagaa ke rakh de
Mujhe yaqeen tha
Ki tum khushi se mere wattan ki shafeeq khushboo ka haath thaame
mere khata dar guzar karoge
Magar hua yun
tumhari chaukhat pe muntazir
woh shafeeq khushboo
tumhare Kibr-o-garoor se dil malool ho kar
jabeen pe zillat ka zakhm kha kar
Mere kaleje main teer ban kar
utar chuki hai
Agar chi paani ka bulbulah hoon
lahoo lahoo dil malool khushboo
ko paas laikin sada rakhoon ga
main tum se pehle jahaan-e-mehfil se uth gaya toh
yeh iltija hai
lahoo lahoo us udaas khushboo
ko mere ghar se
Khamosh mausam main leke jaana
kise khabar hai
kahin se dushman hawa chali toh
shafeeq khushboo bikhar na jaaye...