Meg Index | April 2001 Index

Date: 16-Apr-2001
Poet: Firaq Gorakhpuri


thar_tharii sii hai aasamaano.n me.n
zor kuchh to hai naatavaano.n me.n

[thar_tharii = tremors; naatavaa.N = weak]

kitanaa Khaamosh hai jahaa.N lekin
ik sadaa aa rahii hai kaano.n me.n

ko_ii soche to farq kitanaa hai
husn aur ishq ke fasaano.n me.n

[farq = difference]

maut ke bhii u.De hai.n aksar hosh
zindagii ke sharaab_Khaano.n me.n

jin kii taamiir ishq karataa hai
kaun rahataa hai un makaano.n me.n

[taamiir = construction]

inhii.n tinako.n me.n dekh ai bul_bul
bijaliyaa.N bhii hai.n aashiyaano.n me.n