Ashaar #003 - 'Khuu'

Date: 17-Mar-2000
Topic: 'Khuu' or 'aadat'


From now onwards, the last date for sending in
your contributions will be the Friday of the week 
and the ashaar will be posted over the weekend.
We will also be acknowledging the names of the 
contributors. So, if you don't want your name to 
be shown, please let me know when you send in
your contribution. Also, in case of two or more 
people contributing the same ashaar, I will give
the name of the person who sent it in first.


I was deluged by e-mails. :-) And like someone
pointed out, the word seems to have been a
favourite of Ghalib's. ALL the contributions were
of Ghalib's ashaar, a testimony of his popularity.

Now on to the topic of the week:


Contributed by Amit Malhotra:

aadatan tumne kar diye vaade 
aadatan hamne aitbaar kiiyaa
[Gulzar] 


Contributed by Sandeep Nain:

ra.nj se Khuugar huaa i.nsaa.N to mit jaataa hai ra.nj
mushkile.n mujh par pa.Dii itanii ke aasaa.N ho ga_ii.n
[Mirza Ghalib]

aadat sii banaa lii hai tum ne to "Munir" apanii
jis shahar me.n bhii rahanaa ghabaraaye hue rahanaa
[Munir Niazi]


Contributed by Deepak Purohit:

ham bhii tasleem kii Khuu Daale.nge
beniyaazii terii aadat hii sahii
[Mirza Ghalib]

sohabat me.n Gair kii na pa.Dii ho ye Khuu kahii.n
dene lage hai.n bose baGair iltajaa kiye
[Mirza Ghalib]

zid kii hai aur baat magar Khuu burii nahii.n
bhuule se us ne saika.Do.n vaade vafaa kiyaa
[Mirza Ghalib]


Contributed by Nadeem:

marane ke vaqt bhii merii aa.Nkhe.n khulii rahii.n
aadat jo par ga_ii thee tere i.ntazaar kii
[Unknown]


Contributed by Abhay Ghaisas

vah apanii Khuu na chho.De.nge, ham apanii vaza'a kyo.n chho.De.n 
subuk sar banake kyaa puchhe.n, ki hamase sargiraa.n kyo.n ho 
[Mirza Ghalib]

betalab de.n to mazaa usame.n sivaa mialtaa hai 
vo gadaa jisako na ho Khuu-e-savaal achchhaa hai 
[Mirza Ghalib]

[betalab = without asking; gadaa = beggar; Khuu = habit] 

tumhii.n kaho ki guzaaraa sanam parasto.n kaa 
buto.n kii ho agar aisii hii Khuu to kyo.nkar ho 
[Mirza Ghalib]

milatii hai Khuu-e-yaar se naar iltihaab me.n 
kaafir huu.N gar na milatii ho raahat azaab me.n 
[Mirza Ghalib]

[Khuu-e-yaar = lover's nature/behavior/habit, naar = fire, iltihaab = flame, azaab = sorrow] 

allaah re! terii tu.ndii-e-Khuu, jisake biim se 
azzaa-e-naalaa dil me.n mere rizqe-ham hue 
[Mirza Ghalib]

[tu.ndii-e-Khuu = habit of aggressiveness; biim = terror] 
[azzaa-e-naalaa = pieces of screams; rizq = subsistence] 

vo badaKhuu aur merii daastan-e-ishq tuluaaniii 
ibaarat muKhtasar, qaasid bhii ghabaraa jaae hai mujhase 
[Mirza Ghalib]

[bad Khuu = a person with bad habits; tuulaanii = long;] 
[ibaarat = composition; qaasid = messenger] 


Here are some more by other poets:

dil-e-begaanaa-Khuu, duniyaa me.n teraa 
ko_ii hamadam ko_ii hamaraaz bhii hai 
[Arsh Malsiyani]

[dil-e-begaanaa-Khuu = heart which is used to belonging to others] 

ushaaq ke dil naazuk us shoKh kii khuu naazuk 
naazuk isii nisabat se hai kaar-e-muhabbat bhii 
[Hasrat Mohani]

[ushaaq = lovers; khuu = habit; naazuk = delicate] 
[nisabat = related to this/due to this; kaar-e-muhabbat = task of love] 

yuu.N arz-o-talab se kab ai dil patthar-dil paanii hote hai.n 
tum laakh razaa kii Khuu Daalo kab Khuu-e-sitamagar jaatii hai 
[Faiz Ahmed Faiz]

tum agar apanii Khuu ke ho maashuuq 
apane matalab ke yaar ham bhii hai.n 
[Daag Dehlvi]

apane Khuu-e-vafaa se Darataa huu.N 
aashiqii ba.ndagii na ho jaae 
[Bekhud Dehlvi]

Khudaa jaane kyaa hogaa a.njaam is kaa 
mai.n besabar itanaa huu.N vo tu.nd Khuu hai 
[Khwaja Mir Dard]

kyaa sabab tuu jo biga.Dataa hai 'Zafar' se har baar 
Khuu terii huur-e-shamaa_il kabhii aisii to na thii 
[Bahadur Shah Zafar]

[sabab = reason]

kuuchaa-e-yaar me.n jaane kii kabhii Khuu na ga_ii
Thokare.n khaa ke bhii sambhale na sambhalane vaale
[Mohammed Ali Nazir]

raazii-va-razaa ham hai.n bahar-haal magar haa.N
Dar hai ki ye Khuu tum ko sitamagar na kar de
[Hasrat Mohani]

aadat sii hai nashaa na ba kaif
paanii na piyaa sharab pii lii
[Riaz Khairabadi]

lazzat kabhii thii ab to musiibat sii ho ga_ii
mujh ko gunaah karane kii aadat sii ho ga_ii
[Bekhud Dehlvi]

kuchh ho lekin ye merii aadat hai
jab vo aaye.n to muskuraa denaa
[Josh Malihabadi]

nahii.n yaa sanam 'Momin' ab kufr se kuchh 
ke Khuu ho ga_ii hai sadaa kahate kahate 
[Momin Kham Momin]


The topic for next week is 'duaa - asar'