Date: Wed, 07 Feb 96 13:23:51 EST
From: Lalit Koul
Subject: Ghazal !!!!

I just want to take a moment to thank all of you who have been sending me
mails, appreciating the ghazals I have been posting........It is your
appreciation which keeps me going and motivates me to keep doing what I am
doing.....Thanks once again....Here is one for today.............

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Kya khabar thi is tarah say woh juda ho jayega,
Khawab mein bhi uska milna haadsa ho jayega !

[Who knew that she will get separated like that,
Meeting her even in dreams will become an incident !]

Zindagi ki qaid-e-gham say kya nikalogay usay,
Maut jab aa jaayegi to khud riha ho jayega !

[How can you release him from the prison-of-sorrows of life,
When death will come, he will himself get released !]

Dost bankar usko chaha yeh kabhi socha na tha,
Dosti hi dosti mein woh khuda ho jayega !

[I liked her as a friend and never thought that,
In the relationship of friendship, she will become a goddess !]

Uska parda hoga kya jiska ki parda noor hai,
Jo bhi usko dekh lega woh fida ho jayega !

[What can be the veil for one, whose veil is her beauty,
Whoever will see her, will get crazy about her !]

Kya khabar thi is tarah say woh juda ho jayega,
Khawab mein bhi uska milna haadsa ho jayega !

- Rustom Sehgal `Wafa'
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Lalit ...