Ashaar #009 - 'dost/dostii'

Date: 18-Apr-2000
Topic: 'dost/dostii'

The topic for next week is 'Khaamoshii'. 
Please send in your contributions by May 6th.


Contributed by Ather Ali Shaikh:

mujhe mere dosto.n se bachaa_iye "Rahi"
dushmano.n se mai.n Khud nipaT luu.Ngaa
[Saeed Rahi]


Contributed by Deepak Purohit:


dost Gam_Khvaarii me.n merii sa_ii farmaaye.nge kyaa
zaKhm ke bharane talak naaKhuun na ba.Dh jaaye.nge kyaa
[Mirza Ghalib]


ai dost yuu.N to ham terii hasarat ko kyaa kahe.n
lekin ye zi.ndagii bhii ko_ii zi.ndagii nahii.n
[Firaq Gorakhpuri]


jo munkir-e-vafaa ho fareb us pe kyaa chale
kyo.n badagumaa.N huu.N dost se dushman ke baab me.n
[Mirza Ghalib]


nahii.n gar hamdardii aasaa.N na ho ye rashk kyaa kam hai
na dii hotii Khudaayaa aarazuu-e-dost dushman ko
[Mirza Ghalib]


bhuul shayad bahut ba.Dii kar lii
dil ne duniyaa se dostii kar lii
[Bashir Badr]


tum takalluf ko bhii iKhlaas samajhate ho "Faraz"
dost hotaa nahii.n har haath milaane vaalaa
[Ahmed Faraz]


badagumaa.N ho ke mil aaii dost jo milanaa hai tujhe 
ye jhijhakte hue milanaa koi milanaa bhii nahii.n 
[Firaq Gorakhpuri]

[badagumaa.N = without doubt/suspicion] 


hame.n bhii dosto.n se kaam aa pa.Daa yaanii
hamaare dosto.n ke bevafaa hone kaa vaqt aayaa
[Hari Chand Akhtar]


"Ghalib" nadiim-e-dost se aatii hai buu-e-dost
mashaGuul-e-haq huu.N ba.ndagii-e-butaraab me.n
[Mirza Ghalib]



dosto.n se aaj mulaaqaat kii shaam hai
ye sazaa kaaT ke phir apane ghar ko jaa_uu.Ngaa
[Mazhar Imam]


dushmano.n se pashemaa.N honaa pa.Daa 
dosto.n kaa Khuluus aazamaane ke baad
[Khumar Barabankvi]


haTaaye the jo raah se dosto.n kii 
vo patthar mere ghar me.n aane lage hai.n
[Khumar Bbarabankvi]


saaf kab imtihaan lete hai.n vo to dam deke jaan lete hai.n 
zid har ek bat me.n nahii.n achchhii dost kii dost maan lete hai.n
[Daag Dehlvi]


giregii kahaa.N ye barq dosto
meraa to kahii.n aashiyaa.N bhii nahii.n
[Mumtaz Mirza]


kyaa lutf-e-dostii ki nahii.n lutf-e-dushmanii
dushman ko bhii jo dehiye puuraa kahaa.N hai ab
[Daag Dehlvi]


mai.n muddato.n jiyaa huu.N kisii dost ke baGair
ab tum bhii saath chho.Dane ko kah rahe ho, Khair
[Firaq Gorakhpuri]


ham se puuchho na dostii kaa silaa
dushmano.n kaa bhii dil hilaa degaa
[Sudarshan Faakir]


vo zamaanaa bhii tumhe.n yaad hai tum kahate the
dost duniyaa me.n nahii.n "Daag" se bahatar apanaa
[Daag Dehlvi]


merii Khushii se mere dosto.n ko Gam hai "Shamim"
mujhe bhii is kaa bahut Gam hai kyaa kiyaa jaaye
[Shamim Jaipuri]


Contributed by Pradipmaya:

dostii jab kisii se kii jaaaye
dushmano.n kii bhii raay lii jaaye
[Raha Indori]

[raay = opinion]


Contributed by Nazneen Zaidi:

ai dost tum se tark-e- ta'alluq ke baa-vajuud
mahasuus kii hai terii zaruurat kabhii kabhii
[Sahir Ludhianvi]


Contributed by Sandeep Nain

ye kahaa.N kii dostii hai ke bane hai.n dost naaseh
ko_ii  chaarasaaz  hotaa ko_ii  Gam_gusaar  hotaa
[Mirza Ghalib]


ye fitnaa aadamii kii Khaanaaviraanii ko kyaa kam hai
hue tum dost jis ke dushman us kaa aasamaa.N kyo.nho
[Mirza Ghalib]



Contributed by Syed Ayaz Quadri:

laakh be-mehar sahii dost to rakhate ho "Faraz"
inhe.n deKho ke jinhe.n ko_ii bhii sitamagar na milaa
[Ahmed Faraz ]


Some more couplets:

yo.n lage dost teraa mujhase Khafaa ho jaanaa 
jis tarah phuul se Khushbuu kaa judaa ho jaanaa 
[Qateel Shifai]

Dhuu.NDhane par bhii na milataa thaa mujhe apanaa vajuud 
mai.n talaash-e-dost me.n yuu.N benishaa.N thaa dosto 
[Jagannath Azad]


dost ban ban ke mile mujhako miTaanevaale 
mai.n ne dekhe hai.n kaii ra.ng badalanevaale 
[Saeed Rahi]


mere ham_nafas, mere ham_navaa, mujhe dost banake daGaa na de
mai.n huu.N dard-e-ishq se jaa.N ba lab, mujhe zi.ndagii kii duaa na de
[Shakeel Badayuni]

[ba lab = at the brink of]


ai dost miT gayaa huu.N fanaa ho gayaa huu.N mai.n 
is daur-e-dostii kii davaa ho gayaa huu.N mai.n 
[Hafeez Jullundhary]

[daur = age/era]


har taraf ziist kii raaho.n me.n ka.Dii dhuup hai dost 
bas terii yaad ke saaye hai.n panaaho.n kii tarah 
[Sudarshan Faakir]

[ziist = life; ka.Dii = strong; panaah = shelter/protection]

Khudaa jab dost hai ai "Daag" kyaa dushman se andeshaa 
hamaaraa kuchh kisii kii dushmanii se ho nahii.n sakataa 
[Daag Dehlvi]

[andeshaa = apprehension/fear]

apano.n ne nazar pherii to dil ne to diyaa saath
duniyaa me.n ko_ii dost mere kaam to aayaa
[Shakeel Badayuni]


vo meraa dost hai saare jahaa.N ko hai maaluum 
daGaa kare vo kisii se to sharm aaye mujhe 
[Qateel Shifai]

[daGaa = betrayal]