RDU POETRY...INSHA

KAMAR BAANDHE HUYE CHALNE KO YAAN SAB YAAR BAITHE HAIN
BOHOT AAGE GAYE, BAAQI JO HAIN, TAYYAR BAITHE HAIN

( ALL OF US WITH LIONS GRIT ARE WAITING FOR THE BARK,
  A GOOD MANY HAVE GONE BEFORE, THE REST WILL SOON EMBARK )

NA CHHED, AYE, NIKHAT=E=BAAD=E-BAHAARI, RAAH LAG APNI
TUJHE ATKHELIYAN SOOJHI HAIN, HUM BEZAAR BAITHE HAIN

( VEX US NOT, O FRAGRANT BREEZE, GO, MIND YOUR BUSINESS
   YOU ARE IN A MOOD TO TICKLE, WE FEEL DISTRAUGHT. )


  KAHAN SABR-O-TAHAMMUL, AAH! NANG-ONAAM KYA SHAIH HAI
YAHAN RO PEET KAR INN SUB KO HUM YAK BAAR BAITHE HAIN

( WHO CARES FOR POISE AND PATIENCE, WHAT IS NAME OR FAME?
   WE HAVE MOURNED OVER THIS STUFF, BURIED IT ONCE FOR ALL )

BHALA GARDISH FALAK KI CHHAIN DETI HAI KISE INSHA
GHANEEMAT HAI KE HUM SOORAT YAHAN DO CHAAR BAITHE HAIN

( THE WHIRWHEEL OF TIME, INSHA, SPARES NOT A SOUL,
  GOD BE THANKED, SOME FRIENDS ARE LEFT TO SIT TOGETHER AND TALK )