Meg Index | April 2001 Index

Date: 11-Apr-2001
Poet: Firaq Gorakhpuri


Here is a vintage Jagjit-Chitra ghazal. I have included some 
ashaar (couplets) not sung by the ghazal duo. 

bahut pahale se un qadamo.n kii aahaaT jaan lete hai.n 
tujhe ai zindagii ham duur se pahachaan lete hai.n 

merii nazare.n bhii aise qaatilo.n kaa jaan-o-imaa.N hai 
nigaahe.n milate hii jo jaan aur imaan lete hai.n 

tabiyat apanii ghabaraatii hai jab sun_saan raato.n me.n 
ham aise me.n terii yaado.n kii chaadar taan lete hai.n 

Khud apanaa faisalaa bhii ishq me.n kafii nahii.n hotaa 
use bhii kaise kar guzare.n jo dil me.n Thaan lete hai.n 

jise suurat bataate hai.n pataa detii hai siirat kaa 
ibaarat dekh kar jis tarahaa maanii jaan lete hai.n 

tujhe ghaaTaa na hone de.nge kaarobaar-e-ulfat me.n 
ham apane sar teraa ai dost har ehasaan lete hai.n 

hamaarii har nazar tujh se na_ii saugandh khaatii hai 
to terii har nazar se ham nayaa paiGaam lete hai.n 

[paiGaam = message]

'Firaq' aksar badal kar bhes milataa hai ko_ii kaafir 
kabhii ham jaan lete hai.n kabhii pahachaan lete hai.n