Date: Fri, 29 Dec 95 10:14:10 EST
From: "Lalit Koul"
Subject: Ghazal !!!!

Here is today's ghazal :

Jahan jahan mujhay sehra dikhayee deta hai,
Meri tarah say akela dikhayee deta hai !

[Whole world seems to me like a desert,
It seems be alone like me !]

Yeh ek abr ka tukda kahan kahan barsay,
Tamam dasht hi pyasa dikhayee deta hai !

[Where all can this one piece of cloud rain,
Whole world seems to be thirsty !]

Yeh kis muqaam pay layee hai justjoo teri,
Jahan say arsh bhi nicha dikhayee deta hai !

[To what point has your affection brought me,
From where even the sky seems to be low !]

Jahan jahan mujhay sehra dikhayee deta hai,
Meri tarah say akela dikhayee deta hai !

- Shakeb Jalali.

Lalit