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Ashaar #034 - 'zulf'

    
    Date: 20-Apr-2001
    Topic: 'zulf'
    
    
    Contributed by Zoya Birring:
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    bahut mushkil hai duniyaa ka sa.Nvaranaa
    terii zulfo.N kaa pech-o-Kham nahii.n hai
    [Majaz]
    
    chhe.Datii hai.n kabhii lab ko kabhii ruKhsaaro.n ko
    tum ne zulfo.n ko bahut sar pe cha.Dhaa rakhaa hai
    [Khwamkhah Hyderabaadi]
    
    chehare pe mere zulf ko bikhraao kisii din
    kyaa roz garajate ho baras jaao kisii din
    [Amjad Islam Amjad]
    
    
    And for some more ashaar on 'zulf':
    
    niind us kii hai, dimaaG us kaa hai, raate.n us kii hai.n 
    terii zulfe.n jis ke baazuu par pariishaa.N ho ga_ii.n 
    [Mirza Ghalib]
    
    vo lajaaye mere savaal par ke uThaa sake na jhukaa ke sar 
    u.Dii zulf chehare pe is tarah ke shabo.n ke raaz machal gaye
    [Majrooh Sultanpuri]
    
    sair-e-bahaar-o-baaG se ham ko muaaf kiijiye 
    us ke Khayaal-e-zulf se 'Dard' kise faraaG hai
    [Khwaja Mir Dard]
    
    idhar Khayaal mere dil me.n zulf kaa guzaraa 
    udhar vo khaataa huaa dil me.n pech-o-taab aayaa 
    [Bahadur Shah Zafar]
    
    kabhii jo nikhat-e-zulf-e-nigaar aa_ii hai
    fazaa-e-murdaa-e-dil me.n bahaar aa_ii hai
    [Kausar Niyazi]
    
    [nikhat-e-zulf-e-nigaar = perfume of (her) hair]
    [fazaa-e-murdaa-e-dil = (in a) dead heart's environment/air]
    
    zulf-e-baraham kii jab se shanaasaa_ii hu_ii 
    zindagii kaa chalan mujrimaanaa huaa 
    [Sagar Siddiqui]
    
    nak_hat-e-zulf-e-pareshaa.N, daastaan-e-shaam-e-Gam 
    subah hone tak isii andaaz kii baate.n karo 
    [Firaq Gorakhpuri]
    
    [nakhat-e-zulf-e-pareshaa.N=disarrayed fragrant hair] 
    
    jab zulf kii kaalik me.n ghul jaaye koii rahii 
    badanaam sahii lekin gumanaam nahii.n hotaa 
    [Meena Kumari 'Naaz']
    
    tumhaaraa pyaar mere gesuuo.n kii uljhan ho 
    tumhaare vaaste dil kaa chiraaG roshan ho 
    sahar nazar se mile zulf leke shaam aaye 
    [Tasleem Fazli]
    
    pareshaa.N rahii umr bhar par na chho.Daa 
    terii zulf ne kaj_adaa_ii kaa dhandhaa 
    [Zafar Gorakhpuri]
    
    zaraa un kii shoKhii to dekhiye liye zulf-e-Kham-shudaa haath me.n 
    mere piichhe aaye dabe-dabe mujhe saa.Np kah ke Daraa diyaa 
    [Bahadur Shah Zafar]
    
    
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