(Bang-e-Dra-079) (انسان) Insan

(Bang-e-Dra-079) Insan

Insan
Man

Qudrat Ka Ajeeb Ye Sitam Hai!
Nature has played a strange and wanton joke—

Insan Ko Raaz Jo Banaya
Raaz Uss Ki Nigah Se Chupaya

Making man a seeker of secrets,
But hiding the secrets from his view!

Be-Taab Hai Zauq Aaghi Ka
Khulta Nahin Bhaid Zindagi Ka

The urge for knowledge gives him no rest,
But the secret of life remains undiscovered.

Hairat Aaghaz-o-Intiha Hai
Aaeene Ke Ghar Mein Aur Kya Hai

Wonder is at the beginning and the end—
What else is there in this house of mirrors?

Hai Garm-e-Kharaam Mouj-e-Darya
Darya Sooye Behr Jadah Pema

The wave of the river glides along,
The river follows its course to the ocean,

Badal Ko Hawa Urha Rahi Hai
Shanon Pe Uthaye La Rahi Hai

The wind sweeps the clouds along,
Bearing them on its shoulders,

Taare Mast-e-Sharab-e-Taqdeer
Zindan-e-Falak Mein Pa Ba Zanjeer

The stars are drunk with the wine of fate,
And lie chained in the sky’s prison;

Khursheed, Woh Abid-e-Sehar Khaiz
Lane Wala Pyam-e-‘Barkhaiz’

The sun, a worshipper who gets up at dawn,
And calls out the message ‘Arise!’,

Magrib Ki Pahariyon Mein Chup Kar
Peeta Hai Mai-e-Shafaq Ka Saghar

Is hiding in the western hills,
Drinking a cup of reddish wine.

Lazzat Geer-e-Wujood Harshay
Sarmast-e-Mai-e-Namood Har Shay

All things delight in their very existence,
They are drunk with the wine of being.

Koi Nahin Gham Gusaar-e-Insaar
Kya Talkh Hai Rozgar-e-Insan!

But there is no one to drive away his sorrow—
How bitter are the days of man!