Date: Mon, 21 Oct 96 16:24:24 EST
From: Lalit Koul
Subject: Ghazal !!!
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Kaun aayega yahan koi na aaya hoga,
Mera darwaaza hawaon nay hilaaya hoga !
[Who will come here, nobody must have come
here,
Winds must have thrown open my door !]
Dil-e-naadan na dhadk ay dil-e-naadan na
dhadak,
Koi khat ley kay padosi kay ghar aaya hoga !
[My poor heart, stay calm, my poor heart, stay
calm,
Somebody must have come to deliver the letter to my neighbor !]
Gul say lipti hui titli ko gira kar dekho,
Aandhiyaan tumnay darakhton ko giraaya hoga !
[Let us see how you can fly away the butterfly
from a flower,
Oh ! Storms, you must have uprooted the trees !]
Kaif pardes mein mat yaad karo apna makaan,
Ab kay baarish nay usay tod giraaya hoga !
['Kaif', don't remember your home while staying
overseas,
This season, rains must have demolished that house !]
Kaun aayega yahan koi na aaya hoga,
Mera darwaaza hawaon nay hilaaya hoga !
- Kaif Bhopali
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Lalit Koul