dil hee to hai na sang-o-KHisht dard se bhar na aye kyo

dil hee to hai na sang-o-KHisht dard se bhar na aaye kyoN ?
royeNge ham hazaar baar, koee hameiN sataaye kyoN ?

dair naheeN, haram naheeN, dar naheeN, aastaaN naheeN
baiTHe haiN rehguzar pe ham, GHair hameiN uTHaaye kyoN ?

jab woh jamaal-e-dil_faroz, soorat-e-meher-e-neem_roz
aap hee ho nazzaara_soz, parde meiN muNh chupaaye kyoN ?

dashna-e-GHamza jaaN_sitaaN, naawak-e-naaz be_panaah
tera hee aks-e-ruKH sahee, saamne tere aaye kyoN ?

qaid-e-hayaat-o-band-e-GHam asl meiN dono ek haiN
maut se pehle aadmee GHam se nijaat paaye kyoN ?

husn aur uspe husn_zan rah gayee bulhawas ki sharm
apne pe 'eitmaad hai, GHair ko aazmaaye kyoN ?

waaN wo GHuroor-e-iz'z-o-naaz yaaN yeh hijaab-e-paas-e-waz'a
raah meiN ham mile kahaaN, bazm meiN wo bulaaye kyoN ?

haaN wo naheeN KHuda_parast, jaao wo be_wafa sahee
jisko ho deen-o-dil 'azeez, uskee galee meiN jaaye kyoN ?

'GHalib'-e-KHasta ke baGHair kaun se kaam band haiN ?
roiye zaar-zaar kya, keejiye haay-haay kyoN ?

8 comments:

  1. Read your comment on lakesidey's blog, and it makes me concerned. What happene? Why so low on morale? Cmon cheer up, life aint so bad always :)
    ~shash

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  2. Prero, Prero...mat ro! Btw, beautiful lines...but tell me something, tu kyoon itni gumsum si rahti ho? chill sweetie..life, or something like it..isn't all that bad (I somehow like that phrase)

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  3. shash,

    dont remember exactly what i wrote. yes i was a bit down yesterday. its ok. fikar not! :)

    aap toh had karte ho! u never read / reply to my comments on ur blog!!! :)

    Phatichar ...

    u always say that! its funny when u really have no idea what i am like. nehi hum gumsum nehi rehte hain hamesh - it just so happens that u re surfaced on a 'GS' day :)

    dekho beta - happy, sad, mad, bad ... its all a part of it, hain na? these moods are like seasons - they come and go. yeah but maybe we write more often when pissed

    Great to have you back ...

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  4. awww .. sorry abt that
    drop in a comment n u'll surely get a reply.

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  5. Prero... been ages. Humein buzz karne do; we should talk no?

    And gaana kaunsa hai, Talat wala?
    tc and chk mail. :-)

    FGS

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  6. yeah kiddo - got the sms - great to be reminded :)

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  7. ah one of those days haan!..thank god for ghalib! tc
    jo

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  8. yeah! thank god for ghalib on those days ;)

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