January 13, 2007 at 4:08 pm (Poetry)
Recently heard these lyrics in some ghazal by Jagjit Singh:
tere baare mei.n jab sochaa nahi tha
mai.n tanhaa tha magar itnaa nahi tha
Here’s another “tradional” sher (not from Jagjit singh though), which perhaps goes with the same mood!!
jisko dekho mere maathe ki taraf dekhe hai
dard hota hai kahaa.n aur kahaa.n roshan hai!!
January 8, 2007 at 7:40 pm (Life & Philosophy, Poetry)
Kab se baitha madiraalay mei.n, pi na sakaa ab tak haala
Yatna sahit bharta hoo.n, kintu ulat deta pyaala
Maanav bal ke aage nirbal Bhaagya suna vidyalaya mei.n
“Bhagya prabal, Maanav nirbal” kaa path padhaati madhushaala!!
Pyaala hai par pi paayenge, hai gyaat nahi itna humko
Is paar niyati ne bhejaa hai asmarth banaa kitnaa humko
Kahne waale par kahte hai.n hum karmo.n mei.n swaadheen sadaa
Karne waalo.n ki parvashta hai gyaat kise jitni humko
Kah to sakte hai.n, kah kar hi kuchh dil halkaa kar lete hai.n
Us paar abhaage maanav ka adhikaar na jaane kya hoga
Is paar priye madhu hai, tum ho, us paar na jaane kya hogaa!!
I don’t know if the following lines have also been written by him…
Jo kshma nahi kar sakte the meri kuchh durbaltaao.n ko
Jo sadaa dekhte rahte the unmei.n apne hi daavo.n ko
Mera durbaltaa se oopar uthne ka vrat unka prasaad
Unke prati mera dhanyavaad !!
