Meg Index | June 2001 Index

Date: 27-Jun-2001
Poet: Wasim Barelvi


Wasim Barelvi is perhaps known to most ghazal lovers for his 
ghazal "milii havaao.n me.n u.Dane kii vo sazaa yaaro" from 
the Jagjit Singh-Lata album Sajda. He is one of the senior-
most Urdu poets in India today. He is also a deeply religious 
man.

He recited his old ghazal "apane har har lafz kaa Khud aa_iinaa 
ho jaa_uu.Ngaa". Here is his new ghazal that he recited at the 
Houston mushaira.


usuulo.n pe jahaa.N aa.Nch aaye Thakaraanaa zaruurii hai
jo zindaa ho.n to phir zindaa nazar aanaa zaruurii hai

[usuul = principles]

na_ii umro.n kii Khud_muKhtaariyo.n ko kaun samajhaaye
kahaa.N se bach ke chalanaa hai kahaa.N jaanaa zaruurii hai

thake haare parinde jab basere ke liye lauTe 
saliiqaamand shaaKho.n kaa lachak jaanaa zaruurii hai

bahut bebaak aa.Nkho.n me.n ta'alluq Tik nahii.n paataa
muhabbat me.n kashish rakhane ko sharmaanaa zaruurii hai

[bebaak = bold]

saliiqaa hii nahii.n shaayad use mahasuus karane kaa
jo kahataa hai Khudaa hai to nazar aanaa zaruurii hai

mere ho.nTho.n pe apanii pyaas rakh do aur phir socho
ki is ke baad bhii duniyaa me.n kuchh paanaa zaruurii hai