Date: Wed, 09 Oct 96 10:28:27 EST
From: Lalit Koul
Subject: Ghazal !!!
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Gulshan ki fakat phoolon say nahin, kaanto say bhi zeenat hoti
hai,
Jeenay kay liyey is duniya may, gham ki bhi zaroorat hoti hai !
[Beauty of a garden is not just by flowers,
even thorns are part of that beauty,
To live in this world, even sorrows are needed !]
Ae-wayaz-e-naadan karta hai, tu ek qayaamat
ka charcha,
Yahan roz nighain milti hain, yahan roz qayaamat hoti hai !
[Oh ! innocent priest, you always talk about
one judgement-day,
Out here, we fall in love everyday, and everyday is a
judgement-day !]
Woh purssh-i-gham ko aayey hain, kuch keh na
sakoon, chup reh na sakoon,
Khamosh rahoon to mushkil hai, keh doon to shikayaat hoti hai !
[She came to console me, I can't say anything
and at the same time I can't keep mum,
If I keep quite then it is a problem, and If I say it then it
becomes a complaint !]
Karna hi padega zakht-e-alam, peenay hi
padengay yeh aansoo,
Faryaad-o-fugan say ay naadan, tauheen-e-mohabbat hoti hai !
[I will have to bear all this, I will have to
act happy and not cry,
Oh ! innocent, making a plea, means insulting the love !]
Jo aa kay rukay daaman pay `Saba', woh ashq
nahin hai paani hai,
Jo ashq na chalkay aankho say, us ashq ki keemat hoti hai !
[All those which trickle down to skirt 'Saba',
those tears are not tears, but those are water drops,
Tears which don't come out of eyes, those ones are are valuable
!]
Gulshan ki fakat phoolon say nahin, kaanto
say bhi zeenat hoti hai,
Jeenay kay liyey is duniya may, gham ki bhi zaroorat hoti hai !
-Saba Afghani
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Lalit Koul