Date: Tue, 18 Jun 96 09:07:07 EST
From: Lalit Koul
Subject: Ghazal !!!

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Dil-e-naadan tujhay hua kya hai,
Aakhir is dard ki dava kya hai,
Humko unsay wafa ki hai umeed,
Jo nahin jaantay wafa kya hai !

[Oh ! Ignorant-heart, what happened to you,
After all what is the cure for this pain,
I have hopes of sincerity from those,
Who don't even know what sincerity is !]

Hum hain mushtaaq aur woh beyzaar,
Ya-Ilaahi yeh maajra kya hai !

[We are impatient, and he is disgusted ;
Oh ! God, what is the matter out here !]

Jab ki tujh bin nahin koi maujood,
Phir yeh hangama ay khuda kya hai !

[When there is nobody present, except you,
Then Oh ! God, why all this hue and cry !]

Jaan tum par nisaar karta hoon,
Main nahin jaanta dua kya hai !

[I can give up my life for you,
And I don't know what prayer means !]

Dil-e-naadan tujhay hua kya hai,
Aakhir is dard ki dava kya hai !

- Mirza Ghalib

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FYI : Najid Hussain's posting
"Lab pay aati hai dua ban kay tamanna meri,
Zindagi shama ki soorat ho khudaya meri..."
is written by Dr. Iqbaal who also wrote
"Saray jahan say acha Hindustan hamara..."
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Lalit Koul.