(Bal-e-Jibril-016) Apni Jolangah Zair-e-Asman Samjha Tha Main (اپنی جولاں گاہ زیر آسمان سمجھا تھا) Methought my racing field lay under the skies

Apni Jolangah Zair-e-Asman Samjha Tha Mein

Aab-o-Gil Ke Khail Ko Apna Jahan Samjha Tha Mein

Methought (Me-thinks) my racing field lay under the skies,

This plaything of water and clay, I regarded as my world;

Behijabi Se Teri Toota Nigahon Ka Tilism

Ek Rida’ay Neelgoon Ko Asman Samjha Tha Mein

Thy unveiling broke the spell of searching glances,

I mistook this blue vault for Heaven.

Karwan Thak Kar Faza Ke Paich-o-Kham Mein Reh Gya

Meher-o-Mah-o-Mushtari Ko Hum Ana Samjha Tha Mein

The Sun, the Moon, the Stars, methought, would keep me company,

Fatigued, they dropped out in the twists and turns of space:

Ishq Ki Ek Jast Ne Tay Kar Diya Qissa Tamam

Iss Zameen-o-Asman Ko Be-Karan Samjha Tha Mein

One leap by Love ended all the pother,

I fondly imagined, the earth and sky were boundless.

Keh Gayen Raaz-e-Mohabbat Parda-Dari-e-Haye Shauq

Thi Faghan Who Bhi Jise Zabt-e-Faghan Samjha Tha Mein

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Thi Kisi Darmanda Rehro Ki Sada’ay Dardnaak

Jis Ko Awaz-e-Raheel-e-Karwan Samjha Tha Mein

What I esteemed as the clarion call of the caravan,

Was but the plaintive cry of a traveller, weary and forlorn.