Faiz Ahmed Faiz's 'Yeh daagh daagh ujala'.. in Muzaffar Ali's 'Aagaman'

[rahulgupta75]

Can someone explain this song in more lucid language

[TheUrdupoets]

@rahulgupta75

I have found this translation on the net :

Ye daagh daagh ujaalaa, ye shab-gaziida sahar,

Vo intizaar thaa jis-kaa, ye vo sahar to nahiiN,

Ye vo sahar to nahiiN jis-kii aarzu lekar

Chale the yaar ke mil-ja`egi kahiiN na kahiN

Bahut ‘aziiz thii lekin rukh-e-sahar ki lagan,

Bahut qariin thaa hasiinaN-e-nuur kaa daaman, ,

Subuk subuk thii tamannaa, dabii dabii thii thakan

[TheUrdupoets]

@rahulgupta75

Abhii giraanii-e-shab meN kamii nahiiN aa’ii,

Nijaat-e-diidaa-o-dil ki ghaRii nahiiN aa’ii;

Chale-chalo ke vo manjil abhii nahiiN aa’ii

[TheUrdupoets]

@rahulgupta75

This leprous daybreak, dawn night’s fangs have mangled –

This is not that long-looked-for break of day,

Not that clear dawn in quest of which those comrades

Set out, believing that in heaven’s wide void

But dearer was the lure of dawn’s bright cheek,

Closer her shimmering robe of fairy rays;

Light-winged that longing, feather-light that toil.

[TheUrdupoets]

@rahulgupta75

Night’s heaviness is unlessened still, the hour

Of mind and spirit’s ransom has not struck;

Let us go on, our goal is not reached yet.