Date: Tue, 19 Dec 95 09:39:30 EST
From: "Lalit Koul"
Subject: Nazm !!!
Here is a Nazm, sung by Jagjit Singh....
This is a response from a person to his/her beloved who has asked
him/her
to burn the love-letters she/he has written to him/her........
Teray khushboo main basay khat main jalata
kaisay
Pyaar mein doobay huey khat main jalata kaisay
Teray haathon kay likhay khat main jalata kaisay
[How could I burn the letters which smell like
you ?
How could I burn the letters which were full of love ?
How could I burn the letters which were written by you ? ]
Jinko duniya ki nikhaon say chupayey rakha
Jinko ik umar kalayjay say lagayay rakha
Deen jinko jinhay imaan banaay rakha
[Letters which I kept away from the eyes of the
world,
Letters which I kept close to my heart for my whole life,
Letters which were like my religion and character ]
Jinka har lafz mujhay yaad paani ki tarah
Yaad they mujko jo paigaam-e-zubaani ki tarah
Mujko jo pyaraay they anmol nishani ki tarah
[Letters whose each and every word I remember,
Letters which I remember by heart like verbal-message,
Letters which I loved like unique souvenirs ]
Toonay duniya ki nihkaon say jo bach kar
likhay
Saal-h-saal meray naam barabar likhay
Kabhi din mein to kabhi raat ko uth kar likhay
[Letters which you wrote escaping the preying
eyes of world,
Letters which year-after-year you wrote in my name,
Letters which you wrote sometimes in day,
sometimes waking up in the night ]
Teray khat aaj main Ganga mein baha aaya
hoon
Aag behtay huey paani mein laga aaya hoon !
[Today I immersed your letters in Ganges,
I have put the flowing water on fire ! ]
Hope you liked it...
Lalit.