Ashaar #034 - 'zulf'

Date: 20-Apr-2001
Topic: 'zulf'


Contributed by Zoya Birring:
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bahut mushkil hai duniyaa ka sa.Nvaranaa
terii zulfo.N kaa pech-o-Kham nahii.n hai
[Majaz]

chhe.Datii hai.n kabhii lab ko kabhii ruKhsaaro.n ko
tum ne zulfo.n ko bahut sar pe cha.Dhaa rakhaa hai
[Khwamkhah Hyderabaadi]

chehare pe mere zulf ko bikhraao kisii din
kyaa roz garajate ho baras jaao kisii din
[Amjad Islam Amjad]


And for some more ashaar on 'zulf':

niind us kii hai, dimaaG us kaa hai, raate.n us kii hai.n 
terii zulfe.n jis ke baazuu par pariishaa.N ho ga_ii.n 
[Mirza Ghalib]

vo lajaaye mere savaal par ke uThaa sake na jhukaa ke sar 
u.Dii zulf chehare pe is tarah ke shabo.n ke raaz machal gaye
[Majrooh Sultanpuri]

sair-e-bahaar-o-baaG se ham ko muaaf kiijiye 
us ke Khayaal-e-zulf se 'Dard' kise faraaG hai
[Khwaja Mir Dard]

idhar Khayaal mere dil me.n zulf kaa guzaraa 
udhar vo khaataa huaa dil me.n pech-o-taab aayaa 
[Bahadur Shah Zafar]

kabhii jo nikhat-e-zulf-e-nigaar aa_ii hai
fazaa-e-murdaa-e-dil me.n bahaar aa_ii hai
[Kausar Niyazi]

[nikhat-e-zulf-e-nigaar = perfume of (her) hair]
[fazaa-e-murdaa-e-dil = (in a) dead heart's environment/air]

zulf-e-baraham kii jab se shanaasaa_ii hu_ii 
zindagii kaa chalan mujrimaanaa huaa 
[Sagar Siddiqui]

nak_hat-e-zulf-e-pareshaa.N, daastaan-e-shaam-e-Gam 
subah hone tak isii andaaz kii baate.n karo 
[Firaq Gorakhpuri]

[nakhat-e-zulf-e-pareshaa.N=disarrayed fragrant hair] 

jab zulf kii kaalik me.n ghul jaaye koii rahii 
badanaam sahii lekin gumanaam nahii.n hotaa 
[Meena Kumari 'Naaz']

tumhaaraa pyaar mere gesuuo.n kii uljhan ho 
tumhaare vaaste dil kaa chiraaG roshan ho 
sahar nazar se mile zulf leke shaam aaye 
[Tasleem Fazli]

pareshaa.N rahii umr bhar par na chho.Daa 
terii zulf ne kaj_adaa_ii kaa dhandhaa 
[Zafar Gorakhpuri]

zaraa un kii shoKhii to dekhiye liye zulf-e-Kham-shudaa haath me.n 
mere piichhe aaye dabe-dabe mujhe saa.Np kah ke Daraa diyaa 
[Bahadur Shah Zafar]