Someone said, "Tu ne usse purcha kyu nahi.(Why didn't you ask her out?)
I said:
Woh khilte gulab ki mehak si,
Aur mein uske aas pass bhatakta bhavro sa.
Uski aankhe aasman mein chamkti bijli si,
Aur mein khambe pe uljhe tar sa.
Woh simp ke andar ke moti si,
Mein samandar ka khara pani sa.
Woh naye kitabon ki khusbu si,
Mein koi jale kagazon ka dher sa.
Woh raasta dikhati roshni si,
Mein andhere mein bhatakte parchai sa.
Woh garmiyon ke koi sharbat si,
Mein tute hue koi gilas sa.
Woh thi kisi aashiq ke muqammal Mohabbat si,
Mein tanhai mein jeeta koi devdas sa.
Woh uns, ishq, akidat, ibaadat, junun, dilkashi si.
Mein mohabbat ke saatve mukam muat se mansub sa.
She was like a blooming flower's scent,
I was just a bug hovering around it.
Her eyes like a lightning roaring in the sky,
I was just a cable tangled on a pole.
She was like a pearl inside a clam,
I was just the saline water of the ocean.
She was like the smell of a new book,
I was just a pile of ashes of burnt books.
She was like the path showing light,
I was just a shadow lost in darkness.
She was like a cold beer in summer,
I was just a lost broken mug.
She was like the living love story of a lover,
I was just a soul lost in memories.
She was like savory attachment, affection and dedication of love,
I was just a soul familiar with the final stage of it, death.