though we asked for just a letter,
from you, we had expected better
we want words
that will make our minds drift
and our hearts blink
but please, not words
from a printer’s ink
jab tak haathoon mein hai jaan,
un haathoon se likh meri jaan
lafz jo dum se likhe ho
tere khalam se likhe ho.
(p.s. we’re not asking for
a song or a tune,
but now you must scent
the letter with perfume)
It felt nice reading those lines, but on a side note: your Urdu handwriting is poor. Sorry, but had to mention it..
oh no, no sorries needed. my urdu writing is awful.
this was actually the first time i’ve really written urdu in over a decade.
this is really a start, more than anything.
upon further observation, i have realized that my english writing is also poor.
for a first-timer, your urdu writing is pretty neat — well-spaced letters, clear nuktas, and concise “hai”s and “ye”s which, really, aren’t that beginner-friendly. so, there: good job, adnanali (:
write more urdu and post up!
also: whoever got this letter is one lucky soul (:
thanks zb, you are too kind. but have you seen the “se”s… each one looks different. my hand was literally shaking every time i wrote that word… i thought for a moment i should redo it. meh… this is also the first letter i have /written/ in a very long time. lord only knows when the last time was…
also, taking from the last xkcd comic… if you read the last two words of each line, it’s interesting:
hai jaan
meri jaan
likhe ho
likhe ho