jab bahar aai to sehra ki taraf chal nikla

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1. 

   bajar

   August 21, 2009 at 2:22 pm

   bahut badhia…kya bata hai

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2. 

   Neha

   April 3, 2011 at 12:34 am

   I need few lines in Hindi (shayari) which can be used on a wedding card for the Tikka (or Tilak) function… I’m not looking for any serious types… on the same hand, don’t want stupid or kiddish ones as well.

   does anyone have any thing which can help me ?

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3. 

   muzafar rashie

   June 26, 2011 at 11:36 pm

   hum sakoon dhoondhne nikle the pareshan rahe

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4. 

   Dr. Zaheer Amjad

   April 8, 2013 at 1:57 pm

   chand aflaak (sky) pe dil seene mein bekal nikla

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5. 

   Ranjan

   July 18, 2014 at 2:56 pm

   This is real nice.. Meaningful.

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6. 

   bilal

   July 9, 2015 at 2:49 am

   its really nice.
   chand aflaak pe dil seene main bekal nikla

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7. 

   rabail

   July 24, 2016 at 1:54 pm

   It Is “Aflaak” not “Aaftaab”
   and Aaftaab means “Sun”
   Aflaak means Sky

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  Sidhu (Post author)

  February 26, 2017 at 9:09 pm

  Thank you. Corrected.

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8. 

   Alig

   August 31, 2022 at 9:53 am

   Wonderful. Can you translate whole ghazal in english

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9. 

   Alig

   August 31, 2022 at 9:54 am

   Your English is good

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10. 

    Kamlesh Rathore

    January 1, 2023 at 9:04 am

    Beautiful lines

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11. 

    Shazia Sultan

    May 27, 2025 at 3:07 pm

    I recently revisited this ghazal, having listened to alot in the 90s, the rendition by the late Shaukat Ali was perfection. I have added translation, including the intro which i believe sets up this beautiful ghazal…
    Intro:
    Sar chupa ke mere daman main khizaaon ne kaha…
    Hiding its head in my lap/chest, the Autumn (in the plural,what remains of autumn) said to me…
    Hamen sastane de gulshan main bahar aai hai
    Allow me to rest here/repose,
    For Spring has arrived in the garden

    Jab bahar aai to sehra kii taraf chal niklaa
    Jab bahar aai to sehra kii taraf chal nikla
    When Spring arrived I began my travel toward the desert

    Sahn-e-gul chhod gaya dil mera pagal nikla
    I left behind a garden of roses
    For it turns out my heart is crazed/ unstable

    Jab bahar aai to sehra kii taraf chal nikla
    Jab bihar aai to

    Jab use dhundne nikle to nishaan tak na mila
    Jab use dhundne nikle to nishaan tak na mila
    When I left to find them, I found not even a mark/sign of them
    Dil main maujuud raha aankh se ojhal nikla
    They stayed present in my heart, but It turns out they remain hidden from my sight.

    Jab bahar aai to sehra kii taraf chal nikla
    Sahn-e-gul chhod gaya dil mera pagal nikla
    Jab bahar aai to sehra kii taraf chal nikla

    Ik mulaqat thi jo dil ko sada yaad rahi
    Ik mulaqat thi jo dil ko sada yaad rahi
    There was but one meeting, which I have remembered forever

    Hum jise umr samajhate the woh ik pal nikla
    What i believed was a lifetime, turned out to be but a second

    Jab bahar aai to sehra kii taraf chal nikla
    Sahn-e-gul chhod gaya dil mera pagal nikla
    Jab bahar aai to sehra ki taraf chal nikla

    Woh jo afsaana-e-ghum sun ke hansa karte the
    Woh jo afasaana-e-ghum sun ke hansa karte the
    They, who would laugh when listening to stories of sadness

    Itna roye hain ki sab aankh ka kajal nikla
    It turns out, they have cried so much the kohl from their eyes has all washed away

    Jab bahar aai to sehra ki taraf chal nikla

    Hum sakun dhundne nikle the pareshaan rahe
    I left to find peace but have remained troubled
    Shahar to shahar hai, jungle bhi na jungle nikla
    Towns are but towns, even jungles/ the wilderness turns out to not be the wilderness

    Kaun “Ayub” pareshaan nahi taariki mein
    Who (Ayub) is he, who is not troubled in the darkness
    Chand aflaak pe dil seene mein bekal nikla
    The moon is high in the sky but it turns out, in my chest my heart remains uneasy

    Jab bahar aayi to sehra ki taraf chal nikla

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