Wonderful poetry by Wasi Shah

dayaar-e-gair mein kaise tujhe sada dete tu mil bhi jata to tujhe gawa dete (dayaar-e-gair=alien/unknown place, sada=voice, call)

tumhi ne ham ko sunaya na apna dukh warna dua woh karte ke ham aasmaan hila dete

hamein yeh zom raha ab ke woh pukaarenge unhein yeh zid thi k har baar ham sada dete (zom=illusion)

woh tera gam tha k taseer mere lahje ki ke jis ko haal sunaate use rula dete (taseer=effect)

tumhein bhulana hi aval to dastaaras mein nahi jo ikhtiyar bhi hota to kya bhula dete (aval=firstly, dastaaras=within reach, ikhtiyar=control)

tumhaari yaad ne koi jawab hi na diya mere khiyal ke aansu rahe sada dete

samaaton ko main taa-umar kostaa Syed woh kuch na kehte magar honth to hila dete (samaaton=hearing power, taa-umar=life long, kosna=blame)

Comments

Comment by Rajni on 2008-12-01 06:07:01 +0530

Nice collection, love it!!!

Comment by Sidhu on 2008-12-02 03:10:47 +0530

Thanks Rajni

Keep coming and commenting 🙂

Comment by Bal on 2008-12-16 17:51:04 +0530

22 eh ghazal kmaal di hai… Beautiful !!

“tumhein bhulana hi aval to dastaaras mein nahi
jo ikhtiyar bhi hota to kya bhula dete”

Wah Wah

Comment by afshan kanwal on 2012-10-25 10:05:39 +0530

wasi shah is one of my favrt poet really nice ghazal…

Comment by akhilendra on 2012-11-22 12:19:50 +0530

amazing, i love it wow.

thanx for sharing such a nice shayari.