Meg Index | March 2001 Index

Date: 26-Mar-2001
Poet: Unknown


Today's ghazal is from Begum Akhtar's Rare Gems album. Does 
anyone know who the poet is?


us ne jab tyorii badal kar baat kii 
miT ga_ii duniyaa merii jazbaat kii 

[tyorii = countenance]

tum ne shiishe pe jhuk kar baat kii 
vo uThii kaalii ghaTaa barasaat kii 

dil kii dha.Dakan ba.Dh rahii hai har nafas 
tez hai raftaar paiGaamaat kii 

[nafas = breath; raftaar = speed; paiGaamaat = messages]

tum mere duniyaa merii uqbaa merii 
ab kamii mujh ko bhalaa kis baat kii 

[uqbaa = other world]

ro diye ham dekh kar suu-e-falak 
us ne ha.Ns kar jab kisii se baat kii 

[suu = towards/in the direction of; falak = sky/heavenwards]