(Bang-e-Dra-003) Ehad-e-Tifli (The Age of Infancy)

Ehad-e-Tifli
The Age of Infancy

(1)

thay diyar e nau zameen o aasman mere liye

wussat e aaghaush e madar ek jahan mere liye

The earth and sky were unknown worlds to me

Only the expanse of mother’s bosom was a world to me

(2)

thi har ek junbish nishan e lutf e jaan mere liye

harf e be matlab thi khud meri zuban mere liye

Every movement was a symbol of life’s pleasure to me

My own speech was like a meaningless word to me

(3)

dard, tiflee mein agar koi rulata tha mujhe

shorish e zanjeer e dar mein lutf aata tha mujhe

During infancy’s pain if somebody made me cry

The noise of the door chain would comfort me

(4)

takte rehana haye! vo pehron talak suay qamar

vo phate badal mein be aawaz e paa uss ka safar

Oh! How I stared at the moon for long hours

Staring at its silent journey among brokenclouds

(5)

pochna reh reh ke uss ke koh o sehra ki khabar

aur vo herat darogh e muslahat aamaz per

I would ask repeatedly about its mountains and plains

And how surprised would I be at that prudent lie

(6)

aankh waqaf e deed thi, lab mayal e guftar tha

dil na tha mera, sarapa zauq e istafsar tha

My eye was devoted to seeing, my lip was prone to speak

My heart was no less than inquisitiveness personified