Date: Thu, 08 Feb 96 13:44:59 EST
From: Lalit Koul
Subject: Ghazal !!!!
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Zindagi toonay lahoo leykay diya kuch bhi nahin,
Teray daaman mein meray vaastay kya kuch bhi nahin !
[Life, you had taken everything from me and
didn't give anything back,
Don't you have anything for me in your lap !]
Meray in haathon ki chaho to talashi ley lo,
Meray in haathon mein lakiron kay siva kuch bhi nahin !
[If you want, go ahead and search my hands,
In these hands of mine, there is nothing except the lines !]
Humnay dekha hai kayee aisay khudaon ko
yahan,
Saamnay jinkay woh sachmuch ka khuda kuch bhi nahin !
[We have seen so many Godlike figures out here,
Even the original God is nothing in comparison to them !]
Ya khuda ab kay yeh kis rang mein aayee hai
bahaar,
Zard hi zard hain pedon pay hara kuch bhi nahin !
[Oh ! God, what kind of spring is this,
All the leaves on every tree are brown, there is no greenery !]
Dil bhi ik zid pay ada hai kisi bachay ki
tarah,
Ya to sab kuch hi isay chahiyey ya kuch bhi nahin !
[Even my heart has become stubborn like a kid,
Either it wants everything, or it doesn't want anything !]
Zindagi toonay lahoo leykay diya kuch bhi
nahin,
Teray daaman mein meray vaastay kya kuch bhi nahin !
- Rajesh Reddy
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Lalit.