कभी किसी को मुकम्मल जहां नहीं मिलता
कहीं ज़मीन तो कहीं आसमान नहीं मिलता

जिसे भी देखिये वो अपने आप में गुम है
जुबां मिली है मगर हम_जुबां नहीं मिलता

बुझा सका है भला कौन वक़्त के शोले
ये ऎसी आग है जिसमें धुंआ नहीं मिलता

तेरे जहां में ऐसा नहीं के प्यार न हो
जहां उम्मीद हो इसकी वहाँ नहीं मिलता

~निदा फाज़ली


Kabhii kisii ko mukammal jahaaN nahiin milataa
kahiin zamiin to kahiin aasmaaN nahiin milataa


Jise bhii dekhiye vo apane aap mein gum hai
zubaaN milii hai magar ham_zubaaN nahiin milataa


Bujhaa sakaa hai bhalaa kaun vaqt ke shole
ye aisii aag hai jis mein dhuaaN nahiin milataa


Tere jahaan mein aisaa nahiin ke pyaar na ho
jahaaN ummiid ho is kii vahaaN nahiin milataa.



English translation: Kabhi Kissi Ko Mukammal JahaN Nahiin Milataa



No one ever gets a perfect world

Sometimes the earth is missing and sometimes the sky.


Each one seems to be lost in oneself

One has the tongue but no one to understand the words


Who has been able to douse the flames of time!

This is the kind of fire that emits no smoke


It is not that your world is devoid of love

Just that, it is not found where one hopes it will be.

~Nida Fazli

Translated by Mohammad Ahsaan/ Abha Iyengar, May 25th 2009