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Ashaar #011 - 'vasl'

    
    Date: 25-May-2000
    Topic: 'vasl'
    
    Topic for next week is 'zindagi'. Deadline for 
    sending in your contribution is 29th May.
    
    
    Contribution by Prakash Gupta:
    -----------------------------
    savaal-e-vasl par un ko uduu aa Khauf hai itanaa
    dabe ho.nTho.n se dete hai.n javaab aahistaa aahistaa
    [Ameer Minai]
    
    [uduu = enemy/rival; Khauf = fear]
    
    
    Cotnributed by Meenakshi Khanna:
    -------------------------------
    
    vasl kaa din aur itanaa muKhtasar 
    din gine jaate the jis din ke liye 
    [Ameer Minai] 
    
    [muKhtasar = short/small]
    
    
    shab-e-vasl kyaa muKhtasar ho ga_ii 
    ke aate hii aate sahar ho ga_ii 
    [Ameer Minai] 
    
    [sahar = dawn/morning]
    
    
    Contributed by Imran:
    --------------------
    
    dii mu'azzin ne shab-e-vasl azaa.N pichhalii shab 
    haay kam_baKht ko kis vaqt Khudaa yaad aayaa 
    [Daag Dehlvi] 
    
    [mu'azzin = one who gives azaa.N; azaa.N = call for prayer]
    
    ** There is a doubt about the first line. Someone
    sent in the same sher with the first line ending 
    in "pichhale pahar". If someone knows the correct
    words, please let me know. **
    
    
    vasl is kaa Khudaa nasiib kare 
    "Meer" jii chaahataa hai kyaa kyaa kuchh 
    [Meer Taqi Meer] 
    
    
    Contribued by Deepak Purohit:
    ----------------------------
    
    vasl kii raat chalii ek na shoKhii un kii
    kuchh na ban aa_ii to chupake se kahaa 'maan gaye'
    [Hasrat Mohani]
    
    [shoKhii = mischief/coquetry]
    
    
    idhar dekho hayaa kaisii shab-e-vasl
    uThaao bhii ye pardaa darmiyaan se
    [Ameer Minai]
    
    [darmiyaan/darmiyaa.N = in between]
    
    
    baaham shab-e-visaal uThaaye hai.n kyaa maze
    vo bhii ye kah rahe hai.n 'ilaahii sahar na ho'
    [Riaz Khairabadi]
    
    [baaham = mutual]
    
    
    vasl me.n rang u.D gayaa meraa
    kyaa judaa_ii ko muu.Nh dikhaa_uu.Ngaa
    [Meer Taqi Meer]
    
    kisii se vasl me.n sunate hii jaan suukh ga_ii
    chalo haTo bhii hamaarii zabaan suukh ga_ii
    [Riaz Khairabadi]
    
    mai.n is liye manaataa nahii.n vasl kii Khushii
    mere raqiib kii na mujhe bad_duaa lage
    [Qateel Shifai]
    
    [raqiib = rival]
    
    
    yaas kii bastii me.n ek chhoTii sii ummiid-e-visaal
    ajanabii kii tarah phiratii hai ghabaraa_ii hu_ii
    [Hafeez Jullundhary]
    
    [yaas = despair/dejection]
    
    
    vo ek raat guzar bhii ga_ii magar ab tak
    visaal-e-yaar kii lazzat se TuuT rahaa hai badan
    [Ahmed faraz]
    
    [lazzat = relish/pleasure]
    
    
    mai.n muztarib huu.N vasl me.n Khauf-e-raqiib se
    Daalaa hai tum ko vaham ne kis pech-o-taab ne
    [Mirza Ghalib]
    
    [muztarib = restless; vaham = suspicion/doubt]
    [pech-o-taab = perplexity/confusion]
    
    
    zaraa visaal ke baad aa_iinaa to dekh ai dost
    tere jamaal kii doshiizagii nikhar aa_ii
    [Firaq Gorakhpuri]
    
    [jamaal = beauty; doshiizagii = youthfulness]
    
    
    is liye vasl se inkaar hai ham jaan gaye
    ye na samajhe ko_ii kyaa jlad kahaa maan gaye
    [Daag Dehlvi]
    
    shab-e-vasl aisii khilii chaa.Ndanii
    vo ghabaraake bole sahar ho ga_ii
    [Daag Dehlvi]
    
    kis lutf se jhunjhalaa ke vo kahate hai.n shab-e-vasl
    zaalim terii aa.Nkho.n se ga_ii ni.nd kidhar aaj
    [Ameer Minai]
    
    [jhunjhalaa ke = in exasperation]
    
    
    
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