Date: Tue, 16 Jan 96 14:19:07 EST
From: Lalit Koul
Subject: Nazm !!!!

Here is a Nazm, which is pretty much self-explanatory about the conditions
under which the poet has written it................
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Kya hua tera har ik roz mujhay khat likhna,
Aur khat may dil-e-betaab ki haalat likhna !

[What happened to your writing a letter to me every day,
And write the condition of impatient-heart in the letter !]

Meri khatir shab-e-furkat mein na sona tera,
Meri yaadon mein parayshaan sa hona tera,
Aur phir khat mein shab-e-hijr ki baabat likhna,
Kya hua tera har ik roz mujhay khat likhna !

[For my sake, your not sleeping during the nights-of-love,
Your getting perturbed in my memories,
And then writing all that what you went thru during the
nights-of-separation,
What happened to your writing a letter to me every day !]

Woh sar-e-shaam khayalon mein meray kho jaana,
Aur phir khud hi tera sharm-saar ho jaana,
Woh akelay mein mujhay pyaar bhara khat likhna,
Kya hua tera har ik roz mujhay khat likhna !

[That act of your getting lost in my thoughts every night,
And then the act of you yourself feeling shy,
And then writing the letter to me in isolation,
What happened to your writing a letter to me every day !]

Kis liyey tod diyey toonay sabhi ahd-e-wafa,
Kya huey vaaday mohabbat kay bata kuch to bata,
Kis liyey chod diya toonay mujhay khat likhna,
Kya hua tera har ik roz mujhay khat likhna !

[Why did you break all the promises of sincerity,
What happened to the promises of love, please tell me something,
Why did you stop writing letters to me,
What happened to your writing a letter to me every day !]

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Singer : Anup Jalota ; Album : Moods of Anup Jalota
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Lalit.