A wonderful ghazal by Jagjit Singh (Lyrics by Hasti)

pyar ka pehla khat likhne main waqt to lagta hai naye parindo ko udne main waqt to lagta hai

jism ki baat nahi thi unke dil tak jana tha lambi doori tai karne mein waqt to lagta hai

gaanth agar lag jaye to fir rishte ho ya dori laakh karein koshish khulne mein waqt to lagta hai

hamne ilaaz-e-zakham-e-dil to dhoond liya lekin gehre zakhmon ko bharne mein waqt to lagta hai

Comments

Comment by Aman…. on 2009-01-12 21:15:06 +0530

hamne ilaaz-e-zakham-e-dil to dhoond liya lekin
gehre zakhmon ko bharne mein waqt to lagta hai

One needs a lot to understand it. Awesome!
Aman….

Comment by Sidhu on 2009-01-12 21:46:50 +0530

unho ne mange hain mujh se meri wafaon ke saboot
bahut der tak royenge, zakhmon ke nishaan jo dikha diye 🙂

Comment by Aman…. on 2009-01-12 21:52:55 +0530

Aah! That’s a killer, have it in my cell ;-).

Comment by Bal on 2009-01-25 02:09:54 +0530

Amar veere… aa jehra tu comments vich jawaab ditta hai naa.. ‘Unho ne maange…’ it was really a killer !!
kmaal hai… hun pata lagda… ki ‘teer’ chall chukka hai koi..

‘Koi mere dil se pooche, tere teer-e-neem’kash ko;
yeh khalish kahan se hoti, jo jigar ke paar hota !’
🙂

Comment by Zain on 2009-01-27 23:19:15 +0530

A WONDERFUL GHAZAL BY SAMINA RAJA

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Main tumharay aks ki aarzoo mein bass aayina hi bani rahi
Kabhi tum na samnay aa sakay, kabhi mujh pay gard pari rahi

Woh ajeeb shaam thi,aaj tak meray dil mein uss ka malal hai
Meri tarah jo teri muntazir, teray rastay mein khari rahi

Kabhi waqf-e-hijr main ho gaei,kabhi khwab-e-wasl mein kho gaei
Main faqeer-e-ishq bani rahi, main aseer-e-yaad huwi rahi

Bari khamshi say sarak kay phir meray dil kay gird lipat gaei
Woh rida-e-abr-e-sfed jo sar-e-kohsar tani rahi

Huwi uss say jabb meri baat bhi,thi shareek-e-dard woh zaat bhi
To na janay kon si cheez ki meri zindgi mein kami rahi

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Comment by Smali on 2016-04-16 04:52:24 +0530

Oh my God wot a great, awesome and marvelous (and wot not else, I don’t find words) ghazal. Wud like to hv a chat with writer certainly. Will u pl contact me on chat any day.

Ofcourse, shall appreciate to hv a post of ur new ghazal.

Thnx

Smali