Meg Index | June 2001 Index

Date: 04-Jun-2001
Poet: Mahashar Badayuni


miTTii kii imaarat saayaa dekar miTTii me.n ham_vaar hu_ii
viiraanii se ab kaam hai aur viiraanii kis kii yaar hu_ii

Dar-Dar ke qadam yuu.N rakhataa huu.N Khvaabo.n ke saharaa me.n
ye reg abhii zanjiir banii ye chaa.Nv abhii diivaar hu_ii

har pattii bojhil ho ke girii sab shaaKhe.n jhuk kar TuuT ga_ii.n
us baarish hii se fasal uja.Dii jis baarish se taiyaar hu_ii

ab ye bhii nahii.n hai bas me.n ke ham phuulo.n kii Dagar par lauT chale.n
jis raah_guzar par chalanaa hai vo raah_guzar talavaar hu_ii

chhuutii hai zaraa jab tan ko havaa chubhate hai.n rago.n me.n kaa.NTe.n se
sau baar Khizaa.N aa_ii hogii mahasuus magar is baar hu_ii

vo naale hai.n betaabii ke chiiKh uThataa hai sannaaTaa bhii
ye dard kii shab maaluum nahii.n kab tak ke liye bedaar hu_ii

likhii hai.n shikaste.n itanii jahaa.N maqtal me.n vahaa.N ye bhii likh do
kitanii sham_shiire.n TuuT ga_ii.n kitane dushmano.n kii haar hu_ii

ab Gair havaa kitanii hii chale ab garm fizaa kitanii hii rahe
siine kaa zaKhm charaaG banaa daaman kii aag bahaar hu_ii


Moderator's Note:

A few of our fellow MeG subscribers were quick to point out some
errors in the Nasir Kazmi ghazal I posted on Friday. The corrected 
ashaar are as follows:

hotii hai tere naam se vahashat kabhii kabhii
bar_ham hu_ii hai yuu.N bhii tabiiyat kabhii kabhii

dil ko kahaa.N nasiib ye taufiiq-e-iztiraab
milatii hai zindagii me.n ye raahat kabhii kabhii


The first misra of the second sher is pure conjecture. I do 
not have this gazal in original so I cannot say for sure what 
it is. Perhaps someone can confirm.

A big thank you to those who took the trouble to write to me
about the errors. It helps keep me on my toes.:-)