Meg Index | January 2003 Index

Date: 3-Jan-2003
Poet: Bashir Badr 


Wishing you and your loved ones a very happy new year. 
May the times ahead bring peace, prosperity and good 
cheer to all. We are back, hopefully to stay. All I can 
say about the long absence is:

duniyaa ne terii yaad se begaanaa kar diyaa
tujh se bhii dil_fareb hai.n Gam roz_gaar ke

And now for today's ghazal:


vo thakaa huaa merii baaho.n me.n zaraa so gayaa thaa to kyaa huaa
abhii mai.n ne dekhaa hai chaa.Nd bhii kisii shaaKh-e-gul pe jhukaa huaa

jise le ga_ii hai abhii havaa vo varaq thaa dil kii kitaab kaa
kahii.n aa.Nsuo.n se miTaa huaa kahii.n aa.Nsuo.n se likhaa huaa

[varaq = page]

ka_ii miil ret ko kaaT kar ko_ii mauj phuul khilaa ga_ii
ko_ii pe.D pyaas se mar rahaa hai nadii ke paas kha.Daa huaa

[mauj = wave]

vahii Khat ke jis pe jagah jagah do mahakate ho.nTho.n ke chaa.Nd the
kisii bhuule-bisare se taaq par tah-e-gard hogaa dabaa huaa

[taaq = shelf; tah-e-gard = under the dust]

vahiii shahar hai vahii raaste vahii ghar hai aur vahii laan bhii
magar us dariiche se puuchhanaa vo daraKht anaar kaa kyaa huaa

[dariichaa = window; daraKht = tree]

mere saath juganuu hai ham_safar magar is sharar kii bisaat kyaa
ye charaaG ko_ii charaaG hai na jalaa huaa na bujhaa huaa

[sharar = spark/ember; bisaat = capacity/worthiness]