موت نے پردا کرتے کرتے پردا چھوڑ دیا
میرے اندر آج کسی نے جینا چھوڑ دیا
ساقی فاروقی –
Maut ne parda karte karte parda chhod diya
mere andar aaj kisi ne jeena chhod diya
– Saqi Farooqui
मौत ने पर्दा करते करते पर्दा छोड़ दिया
मेरे अंदर आज किसी ने जीना छोड़ दिया
– साक़ी फ़ारुक़ी
Photo: By Swati Sani. Hungry Jesus, a sculpture by Timothy P. Schmalz outside the Cathedral of St. Paul, Philadelphia.

As the veiled death removed its cloak and bared itself clearly
today, a part of me gave up on the life that was granted to me