Date: Fri, 22 Dec 95 15:13:00 PST
From: Ramesh Hariharan (rameshh@tp.ac.sg)
Subject: Ghazal By Sudarshan Faakir!
To my dear ghazal lovers
Here is a beauty from the shaayar
Sudarshan Faakir, sung by Chitra Singh in
the Album, Someone Somewhere. Enjoy!
1. meri dukh ki koyee davaa na karo
mujhko mujhse abhi juda na karo
[Don't try to cure my sorrows or console me
Please don't seperate me from 'myself']
2. nakhuda ko khuda kaha haiN to phir
doob jaavo, khuda khuda na karo
[nakhuda : a boatman; a person who rows the boat]
[If you have considered the boatman to be your
god,
when you drown, don't call out to god for help]
3. yeh sikhaya haiN dosti ne hameN
dost bankar kabhi wafaa na karo
[sikhaya : teach; wafaa - loyalty]
[Friendship has taught me the lesson that,
[If you become friends with anyone, don't be loyal to them]
4. ishq haiN ishq, yeh mazaak nahiN
chand lamhoN meiN faisla na karo
[mazaak - joke]
[Love is love, it is not a joke
Don't make your decision in a few moments]
5. ashiqui ho ya bandgee(bandgi), 'faakir'
be-dilli se tho ibtida na karo
[ashiqui - romance; bandgee -
devotion; worship;
be-dilli - disinterested, lack of interest]
[ibtida - start, beginning]
[Be it romance or be it devotion/worship,
Faakir
Don't make a disinterested beginning]
regards
Ramesh