Let’s Become Strangers Once Again -- Sahir Ludhianvi

A Beautiful Bend

Let’s, you and I,
Become strangers once again.

Let me not expect any solace
For love from you,
Nor you cast untoward
Glances at me.

Let my heart not show
Its beats in the words I speak,
Nor your eyes reveal
The secrets you keep.

Something stops you
To come towards me,
They tell me these splendors
Are not for me.

My friends are
The failures of my past
And you have the shadows
Of nights you spent with me.

If friendship gets sour,
It is better to forget it,
If a bond becomes a burden,
It is better to break it.

If a tale cannot be brought
To its desired end,
It is better to leave it
With a beautiful bend.

Let’s, you and I,
Become strangers once again.


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Original in Urdu. Singer:Mahendra Kapoor, Music:Ravi

Khuubasuurat Mo.D

chalo ik baar phir se, ajanabii ban jaae.n ham dono
chalo ik baar phir se . .
na mai.n tumase koI ummiid rakhuu.n dilanavaazii kii
na tum merii taraf dekho galat a.ndaaz nazaro.n se
na mere dil kii dha.Dakan la.Dakha.Daaye merii baato.n se
na zaahir ho tumhaarii kashm\-kash kaa raaz nazaro.n se
chalo ik baar phir se . . .
tumhe.n bhii koI ulajhan rokatii hai peshakadamii se
mujhe bhii log kahate hai.n ki ye jalave paraae hai.n
mere hamaraah bhii rusavaaiyaa.n hai.n mere maazi kii
tumhaare saath bhii guzarii huii raato.n ke saaye hai.n
chalo ik baar phir se .. .
taarruf rog ho jaaye to usako bhuulanaa behatar
taalluk bojh ban jaaye to usako to.Danaa achchhaa
vo afasaanaa jise a.njaam tak laanaa naa ho mumakin
use ek khuubasuurat mo.D dekar chho.Danaa achchhaa
chalo ik baar phir se . .