Date: Wed, 03 Jan 96 11:38:38 EST
From: "Lalit Koul"
Subject: Ghazal !!!!!

Pathar kay khuda pathar kay sanam,
pathar kay hi insaan payey hain,
Tum shehar-e-mohabbat kehtay ho,
hum jaan bacha kar aayey hain !

[Stone-hearted God, stone-hearted beloved and
stone-hearted people is what We have met,
You call that City-of-Love,
We ran for our life from the same city !]

But-khana samjhtay ho jisko,
poocho na wahan kya haalat hain,
Hum log wahin say lautay hain,
bas shukar karo laut aayey hain !

[What you consider as Temple,
Don't ask what is the condition out there,
We returned from the same place,
Just be grateful that we could return !]

Hum soch rahey hain muddat say,
ab umar guzaray bhi to kahan,
Sehra main khushi kay phool nahin,
shehro mein gamon kay sayey hain !

[We have been thinking for a long time,
where should We spend our life now,
There are no Flowers-of-Happiness in Desert,
And there are Shadows-of-Sorrow in Cities,

Hothon pay tabassum halka sa,
aankho mein nami see ay `Fakir'
Hum ahl-e-mohabbat par aksar,
aisay bhi zamanay aayey hain !

[There is a slight smile on lips,
And the eyes are moist 'Fakir',
We the people who love have been often,
bestowed with such conditions !]

- Sudarshan Fakir.

Lalit