Archive > March 2009

tujh ko aate hi nahi chuppne ke andaaz abhi

Wonderful poetry by Tabassum saab. Mehdi Hasan rendered this ghazal. Listen it here on pz10.
tujh ko aate hi nahi chuppne ke andaaz abhi
mere seene mein hai larzan teri avaaz abhi
(larzan=trembling)
us ne dekha hi nahi dard ka aagaaz abhi
ishq ko apni tamannaon pe hai naaz abhi
tujh ko manzil pe pahunchane ka hai daava ham-dam
mujh ko  [...]

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silsile tod gaya woh sabhi jaate jaate

Wonderful poetry by Faraz saab.
silsile tod gaya woh sabhi jaate jaate
warna itne to marasim the k aate jaate
(marasim=relations)
shikwa-e-zulmat-e-shab se to kahin behtar tha
apne hisse ki koi shama jalate jaate
(zulmat=darkness, shab=night)
kitna asaan tha tere hizar mein marna jaana
fir bhi ik umar lagi jaan se jaate jaate
(hizar=separation)
jashan-e-maqtal hi na barpa hua warna hum bhi
paab-zoolan hi sahi naachte [...]

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aaj fir dil ne kaha aao bhula dein yaadein

aaj fir dil ne kaha aao bhula dein yaadein
zindagi beet gai aur wahi yaadein-yaadein
jis tarah aaj hi bichde hon bichadane wale
jaise ek umar ke dukh yaad dila dein yaadein
kaash mumkin ho k ek kaagzi kashti ki tarah
khud-faramoshi ke dariya mein baha dein yaadein
woh bhi rutt aaye k ae zood-faramosh mere
fool patte teri yaadon mein bicha [...]

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