Meg Index | December 2000 Index

Date: 11-Dec-2000
Poet: Bahadur Shah Zafar

Today's ghazal has been requested by  number of Mehfil-e-Gazal
subscribers. It is one of the two popular poems by Bahadur Shah 
Zafar, the last Mughal emperor of India. 

The most popular rendition of this ghazal is by Habib Wali 
Mohammed. Mohammed Rafi sang it in the film 'Lal Qilla'


na kisii kii aa.Nkh kaa nuur huu.N 
na kisii ke dil kaa qaraar huu.N 
jo kisii ke kaam na aa sake 
mai.n vo ek musht-e-Gubaar huu.N 

[musht-e-Gubaar = handful of dust]

meraa rang-ruup biga.D gayaa 
meraa yaar mujh se bichha.D gayaa 
jo chaman Khizaa.N se uja.D gayaa 
mai.n usii kii fasl-e-bahaar huu.N 

[Khizaa.N = autumn]

na to mai.n kisii kaa habiib huu.N 
na to mai.n kisii kaa raqiib huu.N 
jo biga.D gayaa vo nasiib huu.N 
jo uja.D gayaa vo dayaar huu.N 

[habiib = friend; raqiib = rival (in love); dayaar = place/house] 

paye faatehaa ko_ii aaye kyuu.N 
ko_ii chaar phuul cha.Daaye kyuu.N 
ko_ii aake shammaa jalaaye kyuu.N 
mai.n vo bekasii kaa mazaar huu.N 

[bekasii = helplessness]

mai.n nahii.n huu.N naGmaa-e-jaa.N_fizaa.N 
mujhe sun ke ko_ii karegaa kyaa 
mai.n ba.De soG kii huu.N sadaa 
main ba.De dukh kii pukaar huu.N 

[naGmaa-e-jaa.N_fizaa.N = exhilirating/uplifting song]