momal

‏وہ جو نزدیک نظر آتا ہے نزدیک بھی ہو

‏تم اگر صاحبِ رائے ہو تو لازم تو نہیں

Har rishtey mei milawat dekhi, kachey rango ki sajawat dekhi,

—On Love, Marina Tsvetaeva

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Why my heart skipped the beat, I recalled. It was your memory that teased me, I recalled.

It is tough today to even brace myself, oh friend! strange is my perplexing state; it’s you who I recalled.

Day was passing already giving some tough time, and then there’s your promise of evening, I recalled.

Those forgotten promises of devotion of yours, one would indeed become lifeless, if recalled

Once again crossed my sight – countless people, Once more some city of ecstasy, I recalled.

Even I would have revealed the state of heart, was only by the time you left that I recalled.

Sitting in a shadow of tranquility today “Nasir”, I cried a lot, of you what I care, I recalled.