This is a wonderful nazm by Marhoom Ashfaq Hussain saheb.

Zaidi, pen name Ashfaq Hussain was born in Karachi in 1951. He was a leading modern Urdu poet and considered by many as the foremost expert on the life and works of Faiz Ahmed Faiz.

Zaidi studied at the University of Karachi prior to settling in Toronto, Canada in 1980. Since 1980, Ashfaq Hussain, through his organization 'Urdu International', has held numerous mushaira, which have featured several notable poets including Ahmed Faraz, Jon Elia, and Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi.

An ambassador of the Urdu language in North America, Zaidi headed the Urdu television channel ATN ARY Digital for Asian Television

Below, you will also find an excellent translation of his nazm in English.

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Mein tumhari aankhon say woh zamanay dekhunga jo abhi nahin aaye

Mein tumhare paaon say tez bhaagunga, un shahraaon pe jo nigaahaon say abhi misl-e-khwaab ojhal hain

Mein tumhare haathon say woh pahaarh choo loonga, jis ko soch kar bhi ab saans phool jati hai

Woh pahaarh, woh raastay, jin par tum ko jana hai, woh naya zamana hai; aur woh tumhara hai

Mein, keh uss zamanay ko dekh bhi nahin paawunga, lekin uss zamanay ki har ghari ko, har pal ko, meri aankhain dekhaingi; un chamakti aankhon say jo tumhari aankhain hain

Mein tumhari aankhon mein pyar ban kay rehta hun...noor ban kay basta hun...khwaab ban kay zinda hoon

Meray saray khwaabon ko in jameel aankhon kay ek khas goshay mein tum chupa kay rakh lena

Aur agar kabhi yeh khwaab phool ban kay mehkain, to in ki khushboun mein tum, mere naam kay sub haroof...ehtiyat say rakhna

- Ashfaq Hussain

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TRANSLATION
"A Love poem for my son"
(By Ashfaq Hussain)

With your eyes, I
will see those days
which have yet to come.

With your feet, I
will run very fast
on dream-pathways
which are still obscure.

With your hands, I
will touch those mountains
whose very thought
makes me breathless.

Those mountains and those roads
on which you walk
is a new era
and all this is yours.

I will not even see
this new era
but my eyes will kiss
it's every moment
with your bright eyes.

In your eyes
like light I shine
like love I abide
Like a dream I am alive.

In your beautiful eyes
hide in a special corner,
and if perchance these dreams
bloom with fragrance of flowers
in their sweet scent,
you should keep
all the letters of my name
with care.....