meharbaan ho ke bula lo mujhe chaaho jis waqt,
main gaya waqt nahi hoon ke phir aa bhi na sakoon – Mirza Ghalib
(Turning kind towards me, call me back any time you want;
I am not like the time bygone that cannot be recalled*)
*Translation from Love Sonnets of Ghalib by Sarfaraaz Niazi
As Mirza nausha said “ke phir aa bhi na sakoon” the year 2013 is about to say good bye and it would never come back. Personally for me new year isn’t something that grand of a celebration time but it does signify a unit of time; one more year has ended. Of course there would be many disappointments everyone of us faced in the last year but here is a chance to look forward to new hopes and opportunities in the new year.
Like last year and last to last year’s post this year again I would pray for peace in this world. Although scientists claim that we are going through the most peaceful times in the history of man kind but still the violence all around us is heart breaking. Thousands of people are losing their lives in suicide attacks, bomb blasts, wars and so on. We must not gift this violent planet to our upcoming generations. Everyone of us must work for peace in whatever way we can. Hope this year brings a new hope for peace and humanity.
As Bashir Badr saab has said:
saat sandookon mein bhar kar dafan kar do nafartein,
aaj insaan ko muhabbat ki zaroorat hai bahut
Here is wishing you a very happy new year 2014 ! Have fun !
January 2, 2014 at 11:28 am
I wish for peace too, but internal peace for my own mind first.. then the world can have it’s peace.
I have seen this change in my mentality, that I no longer want fame, money, power or anything above average. Gone are the thoughts of taking over the world that every college boy has. Gone is the ridiculous confidence I used to have on my own abilities. Now I just want basic peace and happiness.
But, seems as the years are fading away, quality if life is decreasing instead of increasing. We only have 50% of our life left and out of that only 25% will be “full life”, after that we will become dependents, something that I don’t look forward too….