Meg Index | January 2002 Index

Date: 08-Jan-2002
Poet: Mohsin Naqvi


Wishing you all a happy and prosperous new year!
Let's start the new year with a ghazal sent to us 
by Tanveer Ahmed. I also have an important 
announcement with regard to this mailing list at 
the end of the post. Please read it and let me 
know your reactions.


zikr-e-shab-e-firaaq se vahashat use bhii thii 
merii tarah kisii se muhabbat use bhii thii

[zikr-e-shab-e-firaaq = mention of the night of separation]
[vahashat = fear/dread]

mujh ko bhii shauq thaa naye cheharo.n kii diid kaa
rastaa badal ke chalane kii aadat use bhii thii

us raat der tak vo rahaa mahv-e-guftaguu
masruuf mai.n bhii kam thaa faraaGat use bhii thii

[mahv-e-guftaguu = immersed in conversation]
[masruuf = busy; faraaGat = leisure/freedom from business]

sunataa thaa vo bhii sab se puraanii kahaaniyaa.N
taazaa rafaaqato.n kii zaruurat use bhii thii

[rafaaqat = friendship]

mujh se bichha.D ke shahar me.n ghul mil gayaa vo shaKhs
haalaa.Nke shahar bhar se raqabat use bhii thii

[haalaa.N ke = although; raqabat = enmity]

vo mujh se ba.Dh ke zabt kaa aadii thaa jii gayaa
varnaa har ek saa.Ns qayaamat use bhii thii

[zabt = tolerance/restraint; aadii = habituated]

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