nahi nahi nahi jawan ladki ko aisi nahi kartay galayn ahi lagatay![]()
chehare pe mere zulf ko phailaao kisii din
kyaa roz garajate ho baras jaao kisii din
raazo.n kii tarah utaro mere dil me.n kisii shab
dastak pe mere haath kii khul jaao kisii din
pe.Do.n kii tarah husn kii baarish me.n nahaa luu.N
baadal kii tarah jhuum ke ghir aao kisii din
Khushbuu kii tarah guzaro mere dil kii galii se
phuulo.n kii tarah mujh pe bikhar jaao kisii din
phir haath ko Khairaat mile band-e-qabaa kii
phir lutf-e-shab-e-vasl ko doharaao kisii din
guzare.n jo mere ghar se to ruk jaaye.n sitaare
is tarah merii raat ko chamakaao kisii din
mai.n apanii har ik saa.Ns usii raat ko de duu.N
sar rakh ke mere siine pe so jaao kisii din
king gaya tal layne yeh panga to mujhse ho gaya na
My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;
Coral is far more red than her lips' red;
If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;
If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.
I have seen roses damasked, red and white,
But no such roses see I in her cheeks;
And in some perfumes is there more delight
Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.
I love to hear her speak, yet well I know
That music hath a far more pleasing sound;
I grant I never saw a goddess go;
My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground.
And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare
As any she belied with false compare.