Ashaar #008 - 'tanhaa_ii'

Date: 18-Apr-2000
Topic: 'tanhaa_ii'

The topic for next week is 'dost and/or dostii'. 
Please send in your contributions by April 30th.


Contributed by Deepak Purohit:


ek mahafil me.n ka_ii mahafile.n hotii hai.n shariik
jis ko bhii paas se dekhoge vo tanhaa hogaa
[Bashir Badr]

[shariik = included/partner]


jab taqaazaa nii.nd kaa ho aur tanhaa_ii na ho
uff vo kaifiyat ki ho bhii aur tanhaa_ii na ho
[Asar Lucknawi]

[taqaazaa = demand; kaifiyat = state/condition]


laazim thaa ki dekho meraa rastaa ko_ii din aur
tanhaa gaye kyo.n ab raho tanhaa ko_ii din aur
[Mirza Ghalib]

[laazim = essential/compulsory]


ko_ii afasaanaa chhe.D tanhaa_ii
raat kaTatii nahii.n judaa_ii kii
[Firaq Gorakhpuri]

us ke dushman hai.n bahut, aadamii achchhaa hogaa
vo bhii merii hii tarah shahar me.n tanhaa hogaa
[Bashir Badr]


Some more ashaar on tanhaa_ii:

achchhaa saa ko_ii mausam tanhaa saa ko_ii aalam
har vaqt kaa ronaa to bekaar kaa ronaa hai
[Nida Fazli]


tum nahii.n Gam nahii.n sharaab nahii.n
aisii tanhaa_ii kaa javaab nahii.n
[Saeed Rahi]


ik aag Gam-e-tanhaa_ii kii jo saare badan me.n phail ga_ii 
jab jism hii saaraa jalataa ho phir daaman-e-dil ko bachaa_e.N kyaa 
[Athar Nafees]


dil samajhataa thaa ki Khalvat me.n vo tanhaa ho.nge
mai.n ne pardaa jo uThaayaa to qayaamat nikalii
[Aziz Lucknawi]

[Khalvat = solitude]


na miT sake.ngii ye tanhaa_iyaa.N magar ai dost
jo tuu bhii ho to tabiyat zaraa bahal jaa_e
[Majrooh Sultanpuri]


kuchh na kuchh in kaThin tanhaa_iyo.n ko do fareb
haath phailaa_o duaa maa.Ngo munaajaate.n karo
[Mukhtar Siddiqui]

[fareb = deception; munaajaate.n = prayers/hymns]


ek puraanaa mausam lauTaa yaad bharii puravaa_ii bhii 
aisaa to kam hii hotaa hai vo bhii ho tanhaa_ii bhii 
[Gulzar]


tere Khayaal se lau de uThii hai tanhaa_ii 
shab-e-firaaq hai yaa terii jalvaa-aaraa_ii 
[Nasir Kazmi]


mai.n tanhaa thaa mai.n tanhaa huu.N 
tum aao to kyaa na aao to kyaa 
[Obaidullah Aleem]

merii tanhaa_iiyaa.N tumhii.n lagaa lo mujhako siine se 
ki mai.n ghabaraa gayaa huu.N is tarah ro-ro ke jiine se 
[Prem Warbartoni]

duur hai manzil raahe.n mushkil aalam hai tanhaa_ii kaa
aaj mujhe ehasaas huaa hai apanii shikastaapaa_ii kaa
[Shakeel Badayuni]]

[shikastaah_paaii = infirmity of the feet]