Kashish

aisi muskurahat lekin zalim teri batein
aisi sunsanahat lekin vazeh teri aadtein
aisi khub nazakat lekin jhoote tere vaadey
aisi khub hamakat lekin naks hein tere pyare

aaj teri gardish ki vajah
se yahan houn mein
aaj teri kashish ki vajah
se yahan houn mein

aisi hai sadaqat lekin zalim teri batein
aisi hai khajalat lekin ham to hein deevane
aisi khub nazakat lekin jhoote tere vaadey
aisi khub hamakat lekin naks hein tere pyare

aisi khub hidayat lekin behre hein hum sare
aisi hai nadamat lekin ham to hein parvane
aisi khub nazakat lekin jhoote tere vaadey
aisi khub hamakat lekin naks hein tere pyare

--Usman Chohan, 2006


Your smile is sweet but your words are bitter
In this silence I still see what you are doing
You are wise but how you tell so many lies
You are so foolish but I love your mistakes

I am in your orbit
And I am here because of this,
Attracted to you;
I am here because of this

What you say is true but your words are cruel
I do feel the shame but I’ve gone insane
You are wise but how you tell so many lies
You are so foolish but I love your mistakes

What fine suggestions you make to the deaf
I could seek repentance but I have gone mad
You are wise but how you tell so many lies
You are so foolish but I love your mistakes

--Usman Chohan, 2006