Date: Tue, 06 Feb 96 16:18:26 EST
From: Lalit Koul
Subject: Ghazal !!!!

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Aankh say aankh mila baat banaata kyon hain,
Tu agar mujhsay khafa hai to chupaata kyon hain !

[Look into my eyes, why are you beating about the bush,
If you are angry with me, why are you hiding it !]

Gair lagta hai na apno ki tarah milta hain,
Tu zamanay ki tarah mujko sataata kyon hain !

[Doesn't seem to be a stranger, and also doesn't meet like one's own,
Why are you teasing me like everybody else in the world !]

Waqt kay saath khayalaat badal jaatay hain,
Yeh haqeeqat hai magar mujko sunaata kyon hain !

[Ideas keep changing with the time,
This is a fact, but why are you telling me this !]

Ek muddat say jahan kafilay guzray hi nahin,
Aisee rahon pay charagon ko jalaata kyon hain !

[For ages, where caravan's have not passed,
Why do you light the lamps on such routes !]

Aankh say aankh mila baat banaata kyon hai,
Tu agar mujhsay khafa hai to chupaata kyon hai !

- Saeed Rahi
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Lalit.