Meg Index | August 2000 Index

Date: 1-Aug-2000
Poet: Wasi Shah


tum merii aa.Nkh ke tevar na bhulaa paaoge 
ankahii baat ko samajhoge to yaad aa_uu.Ngaa 

[tevar = countenance; ankahii = unspoken]


ham ne Khushiyo.n kii tarah dukh bhii ikaTThe dekhe 
safaah-e-ziist ko palaToge to yaad aa_uu.Ngaa 

[ikaTThe = together; safaah = page; ziist = life]


isii andaaz me.n hote the muKhaatib mujh se 
Khat kisii aur ko likhoge to yaad aa_uu.Ngaa 

[andaaz = style; muKhaatib = to address]


sard raato.n ke mahakate hu_e sannaaTo.n me.n 
jab kisii phuul ko chuumoge to yaad aa_uu.Ngaa 

[sard = cold; sannaaTaa = silence]


ab tere ashk mai.n ho.nTho.n se churaa letaa huu.N 
haath se Khud inhe.n po.nchhoge to yaad aa_uu.Ngaa 


shaal pahanaayegaa ab kaun disambar me.n tumhe.n 
baarisho.n me.n kabhii bhiigoge to yaad aa_uu.Ngaa 

[shaal = shawl; disambar = December]


aaj tuu mahafil-e-yaaraa.N pe ho maGaruur bahut 
jab kabhii TuuT ke bikharoge to yaad aa_uu.Ngaa 

[maGaruur = proud]


haadase aaye.nge jiivan me.n to tum hoke niDhaal 
kisii diivaar ko thaamoge to yaad aa_uu.Ngaa 

[haadase = incidents; niDhaal = helpless/defeated]


is me.n shaamil hai merii baKht kii taariikii bhii 
tum siyaah rang jo pahanoge to yaad aa_uu.Ngaa 

[shaamil = include; baKht = fate/luck; taariikii = darkness]
[siyaah = black/dark; rang = colour]


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