खयालो की यहाँ बेवफाई है

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मैंने मुरादो से शिकस्त पाई है ,

हसीनो की दुनिया में
मैंने तो
ख्वाबो से शिकस्त पाई है  !

 कभी थी कहाँ कोई मंजिल
पूछा नहीं
डगर कितनी लम्बी  ;

चलता रहा
देखता रहा ,

मन ही मन
शोचता रहा ,
तुम्ही तो हो मेरे हमसफ़र  ?

खयालो की यहाँ बेवफाई है ;

तुम्हे कुछ कहे न पाए ,
इरादे थे
ओठ तक भी न आये  ;

बहुत चाहा अफसानों ने
तुम मिलो  :

किसे खबर थी
मुकद्दर में तन्हाई है

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30  April  1980

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Think There Is Infidelity Here

I have defeated desires,

in the world of beauties

I have

I have been defeated by my dreams!

 where was there ever a destination

didn't ask

How long is the path?

kept going

kept watching,

In my heart

Kept thinking,

Are you my companion?

Think there is infidelity here;

Couldn't say anything to you,

the intentions were

Doesn't even reach the lips;

Afsans loved it so much

you meet:

who knew?

there is loneliness in fate

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Translated In Google Translate - 12/03/2024
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My only friend

My friend Horst Helle from Germany liked / shared from Facebook, the original Hindi poem :

खयालो की यहाँ बेवफाई है  [  30  April  1980  ] 

Following is my English transliteration of the same

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Vanquished by wishes

In this land of lovelies ,

I stand defeated by my dreams  .


What was my destiny ?

and , where did my path lead  ?


I just kept walking ,

kept watching ,

forever asking :

"  Are you my true companion  ?  "


Were my thoughts true

or mere treacherous treason  ?


Why did desires 

rise from the depths of my soul

-  then failed to leave my lips ?


In everlasting nights I dreamed

to hold you tight

and love you right  -

Never knowing

loneliness was my only friend  


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15  Dec  2018