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