Meg Index | March 2001 Index

Date: 15-Mar-2001
Poet: Sufi Ghulam Mustafa Tabassum


jab bhii do aa.Nsuu nikal kar rah gaye
dard ke unavaa.N badal kar rah gaye

[unavaa.N = title/preface]


kitanii fariyaade.n labo.n par ruk ga_ii.n
kitane ashk aaho.n me.n Dhal kar rah gaye

[fariyaad = plea]


ruKh badal jaataa merii taqadiir kaa
aap hii tevar badal kar rah gaye

[tevar = countenance]


khul ke rone kii tamannaa thii hame.n
ek do aa.Nsuu nikal kar rah gaye


zindagii bhar saath denaa thaa jinhe.n
do qadam ham_raah chal kar rah gaye


tere andaaz-e-tabassum  kaa fusuu.N
haadise pahaluu badal kar rah gaye

[andaaz-e-tabassum = way of smiling; fusuu.N = magic]
[haadise = incidents]