.. title: §19. Ek aur shahr
.. slug: itoohavesomedreams/poem_19
.. date: 2018-11-12 21:20:49 UTC
.. tags: poem itoohavesomedreams rashid
.. link: 
.. description: transliterated version of "Ek aur shahr"
.. type: text



| ḳhvud-fahmī kā armāñ hai tārīkī meñ rū-posh,
|     tārīkī ḳhvud be-chasm-o-gosh!
| ik be-pāyāñ ʿujlat rāhoñ kī alvand!
| 
| sīnoñ meñ dil yūñ jaise chasm-e āz-e ṣayyād
| tāzah ḳhūñ ke pyāse afrangī mardān-e rād
|     ḳhvud dev-e āhan ke mānind
| 
| daryā ke do sāḥil haiñ aur donoñ hī nā-paid
| shar hai dast-e siyah aur ḳhair kā ḥāmil rū-e safed!
|     ik bār-e mizhgāñ, ik lab-ḳhand!
| 
| sab paimāne be-ṣarfah jab sīm-o-zar mīzān
|     jab żauq-e ʿamal kā sar-chashmah be-maʿnī hiżyān
|     jab dahshat har lamḥah jāñ-kand!
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| yih sab ufqī insāñ haiñ, yih in ke samāvī shahr
| kyā phir in kī kamīñ meñ vaqt ke t̤ūfāñ kī ik lahr?
|     kyā sab vīrānī ke dil-band?

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.. admonition:: I Too Have Some Dreams: N. M. Rashed and Modernism in Urdu Poetry

  A translation of this Urdu poem by N. M. Rashed as well as this transliteration appears in the
  appendix of *I Too Have Some Dreams*. The transliteration is intended for
  people who can understand Urdu/Hindi or related languages. I hope to soon 
  add performances of these poems as well. 
  
  .. link_figure:: /itoohavesomedreams/
        :title: I Too Have Some Dreams Resource Page
        :class: link-figure
        :image_url: /galleries/i2havesomedreams/i2havesomedreams-small.jpg