Journey's End

Baadal se aansu

Aansu se baarish

Baarish ki nadiya

Nadiya se dariya

Dariya se saagar

Saagar se bharkar hai jaam

Hai

Jaam men kitni doob gayi

Mere jivan ki har shaam

I drink

till the clouds swell

and pour out as tears

so much

that rain

becomes rivers

rivers form oceans

alas

even the seas

cannot quench my thirst 

which yearns for more

and fills every night of my life

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Hemantha Kumar Pamarthy wrote:

...Khaali jaam liye baithe ho,
Un aankhon ki baat karo
Raat bahut hai, pyaas bahut hai
Barsaaton ki baat karo,
Khaali jaam liye baithe ho

Jo pikar mast huye hain
Unke jikr se kya haasil, Unke jikr se kya haasil
Jin tak jaam nahi pahuncha hai
Un pyaason ki baat karo
Raat bahut hai, pyaas bahut hai
Barsaaton ki baat karo,
Khaali jaam liye baithe ho

Chup rehane se kat naa sakegi
Sadiyon lambi raat yahaan
Jin yaadon se dil roshan hai,
Unn yaadon ki baat karo
Raat bahut hai, pyaas bahut hai
Barsaaton ki baat karo,
Khaali jaam liye baithe ho

Phir palakon par jugnu chamake,
Aankhon mein ghata si lehraayi
Thandi hawa kaa jikrr karo,
Kuchh bhigi ruton ki baat karo
Raat bahut hai, pyaas bahut hai
Barsaato ki baat karo,
Khaali jaam liye baithe ho
Unn aankhon ki baat karo,
Khaali jaam liye baithe ho ...

---Omar Khayyam Rubayee---