Poetry · اردو

ہار اے دل

Haar-e-Dil — Defeat of the Heart
Original · اردو
کہ اب تو من نے بھی تیرے بارے میں سوچنا چھوڑ دیا،
ان آنکھوں نے آنسو بہانا روک دیا۔
کتنے موقعے آئے، کتنے چلے گئے،
اس بار تو میرے دل نے دھڑکنا ہی چھوڑ دیا۔
کہ تیرے آنے سے کہ دن اور سہانے ہوں گے،
تیرے آنے سے میری دھڑکنے بے قرار سے ہوں گے۔
اب تو وہ رستے بھی بیگانے سے لگتے ہیں
جہاں کہیں ہم تم ہمسفر ہوں گے۔
کیا ہم کبھی ایک ساتھ بھی ہوں گے؟
Roman · Urdu
Ke ab to mann ne bhi tere baare mein sochna chhod diya,
In aankhon ne aansu bahaana rok diya.
Kitne mauqe aaye, kitne chale gaye,
Is baar to mere dil ne dhadakna hi chhod diya.
Ke tere aane se ke din aur suhaane honge,
Tere aane se meri dhadkane beqaraar si hongi.
Ab to woh raste bhi begaane se lagte hain,
Jahaan kahin hum tum humsafar honge.
Kya hum kabhi ek saath bhi honge?
Translation · English
Now even my mind has stopped thinking about you,
These eyes have stopped shedding tears.
So many chances came, so many passed away,
This time, my heart itself has stopped beating.
I once thought that your arrival
Would make my days brighter,
That your presence
Would leave my heartbeat restless with anticipation.
Now even those roads feel unfamiliar,
The roads where I imagined
You and I would walk as companions.
Will we ever be together at all?
Transliteration and translation by the author.
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About the Author Eknoorjeet Kaur Bhullar St. Joseph's Convent School, Ferozepur Cantt · Punjab, India

Eknoorjeet Kaur Bhullar is a student and writer from Ferozepur, India. She is drawn to the emotional afterlife of memory: dreams of departed loved ones, promises that linger, and the silences people leave behind. She writes across English, Punjabi, Hindi, Urdu and Korean, believing every language carries a different shade of longing.

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