Meg Index | August 2001 Index

Date: 02-Aug-2001
Poet: Qamar Jalalabadi

A ghazal from an old Jagjit-Chitra album:


sunaa thaa ki vo aaye.nge anjuman me.n 
sunaa thaa ki un se mulaaqaat hogii 
hame.n kyaa pataa thaa hame.n kyaa Khabar thii 
na ye baat hogii na vo baat hogii 

mai.n kahataa huu.N is dil ko dil me.n basaa lo 
vo kahate hai.n ham se nigaahe.n milaa lo 
nigaaho.n ko maaluum kyaa dil kii haalat 
nigaaho.n-nigaaho.n me.n kyaa baat hogii 

hame.n Khii.nch kar ishq laayaa hai teraa 
tere dar pe ham ne lagaayaa hai Deraa 
hame.n hogaa jab tak na diidaar teraa 
yahii.n subah hogii yahii.n raat hogii 

muhabbat kaa jab ham ne chhe.Daa fasaanaa 
to gore se mukha.De pe aayaa pasiinaa 
jo nikale the ghar se to kyaa jaanate the 
ki yuu.N dhuup me.n aaj barasaat hogii