The long ache of judaai, across four centuries of voices.
No one wrote separation like Mir.
patta patta boota boota haal hamaara jaane hai
jaane na jaane gul hi na jaane baagh to saara jaane hai
dikhaayi diye yun ke bekhud kiya
hamein aap se bhi juda kar chale
khoob parda hai ke chilman se lage baithe hain
saaf chhupte bhi nahin saamne aate bhi nahin
uzr aane mein bhi hai aur bulaate bhi nahin
baais-e-tark-e-mulaaqaat bataate bhi nahin
Momin's separation is intimate, almost whispered.
tum mere paas hote ho goya
jab koi doosra nahin hota
asar us ko zara nahin hota
ranj raahat-fizaa nahin hota