A beauty by Ghulam Ali. First a little bit about history of this ghazal. It was originally written by Mirza Ghalib in Persian. Sufi Ghulam Mustafa Tabassum translated it to Punjabi and then Ghulam Ali added to the beauty by rendering it with perfection. Enjoy the masterpiece from the legends:

mere shauq da nahi aitbaar tainu
aaja vekh mera intezaar a ja
avein laran bahanane labhna en
ki tu sochna en sitamgaar a ja
mere shauq da nahi aitbaar tainu…
(sitamgaar - oppressor)

bhavein hizar te bhavein visaal hove
wakho wakh dohan diyan lazztan ne
mere sohnia ja hazaar wari
aaja pyaria te lakh waar a ja…
(hizar - seperation, visaal - union,meeting)

eh rivaaz e masjidan mandiran da
uthe hastiyan te khud-parastiyan ne
mai-khaane wich mastiyan hi mastiyan ne
hosh kar banke hoshiyaar a ja…

tu sada te tera dil sada
tainu avein raqeeb qurah paya
je tu mere janaaze te nahi aya
raah takdae teri mazaar a ja…

sukhi wasna je tu chauna e
mere ‘Ghaliba’ es jahaan andar
aaja rindan di bazm wich a beh ja
ethe baithde ne khaaksaar a ja…
(rind - one who likes to drink, bazm - mehfil, khaaksaar - low)

mere shauq da nahi aitbaar tainu
aaja vekh mera intezaar a ja
avein laran bahanane labhna en
ki tu sochna en sitamgaar a ja
mere shauq da nahi aitbaar tainu…

7 Responses to “mere shauq da nahi aitbaar tainu…”

  1. 10:08 pm, 19 September, 2008 р.
    Neeraj says:

    surely it’s a masterpiece … one of my lifetime favourite

  2. 4:08 am, 22 September, 2008 р.
    harmeet sidhu says:

    yaar this is awesome.. eho jehe link bhej diya karo..

  3. 1:47 am, 8 October, 2008 р.
    arehill says:

    Oh my! Where do you find these heart-rendering poetry??? NICE one!

  4. 11:43 am, 9 October, 2008 р.
    Sidhu says:

    @Arehill

    Passion :)

  5. 11:55 am, 9 October, 2008 р.
    Aman.... says:

    @Arehill,
    Its totally the taste. Whatever sick music is going on at the moment,that’s enough to kill real poetry, real music. If these kind of masterpieces are still here, that’s why music is yet alive.
    @Sidhu,
    What else I can say, have heard it millions of times up till now and will continue doing so as long as can hear.
    Aman….

  6. 9:52 am, 24 November, 2008 р.
    punjabihistory says:

    This is nice blog to visit,you have done a good job and your representation very effective,Nice peotry.

  7. 8:15 am, 26 November, 2008 р.
    Sidhu says:

    Thanks a lot :) Keep coming and commenting :)

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