Arzu

yeh ranjish, bekabu mujhe tarpane lagi
yeh zalim, nai arzu jise vo mangti rahi
teri yaad hamesha mujhe satati rahi
vo dard-e duniya ko khud uthane lagi

ab do dilon ka tasadum
apne hi soch mein mein tha guum
tere nein ka vo jadu
deh gayi mujhe meri arzu

--Usman Chohan (2007)

I couldn't control this insufferable pain
this cruel new desire she kept thirsting for
your indelible memory kept urging me
she lifted the grief of this world on her own

now is the collision of two hearts
I am but lost in my own thoughts
this mystique in your eyes
let me find my desire

--Usman Chohan (2007)