Date: Mon, 24 Mar 97 12:36:29 EST
From: Lalit Koul
Subject: Ghazal !!!

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Koi umeed bar nahin aatee,
Koi soorat nazar nahin aatee !

[None of my wishes get fulfilled,
And none of the faces I want to see, appear !]

Maut ka ek din muaiyan hai,
Neend kyon raat bar nahin aatee !

[Death as its own day already planned,
Don't know why I can't sleep throughout the night !]

Aagay aatee thee haal-e-dil par hansi,
Ab kisi baat par nahi aatee !

[Earlier I could laugh at my own condition,
Now I am not able to laugh at anything !]

Hai kuch aisee hi baat ke chup hoon,
Warna kya baat karni nahin aatee !

[There is something that has kept me mum,
Otherwise, do you think I can't speak !]

Hun wahan jahan se hum ko bhi,
Kuch hamari khabar nahin aatee !

[I have reached that stage of my life,
From where, even I don't know my own welfare !]

Martay hain aarzoo mein marnay ki,
Maut aatee hai par nahin aatee !

[I die in the hope of dying,
It comes but it actually doesn't come !]

Kaabay kis muhn say jaaogay `Ghalib',
Sharam tum ko magar nahin aatee !

[How can you go to the mosque 'Ghalib',
You don't even feel ashamed !]
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Lalit Koul