Mirza Ghalib

[vikramjethi]

Mirza Ghalib ki ek Ghazal pesh kar raha hu.
Yeh Ghazal Ghalib saheb ne apne datak putr 'Aarif' ke dehaant par likhi thi...

Laazim tha ki dekho mera rasta koi din aur
Tanha gaye KyoN ab raho tanha koi din aur

Mit jaayega sar gar tera pathar* na ghisega
HooN dar pe tere naasiyafarsa* koi din aur

[*Pathar: Yaha'n kabarh ke pathar ke liye istemaal kiya gaya hai, *Naasiyafarsa: to rub one's forehead on stone]

Aaye ho kal aur aaj hi kehte ho ke jaauN
Maana ki hamesha nahi achha koi din aur

Jaate hue kehte ho Qyamat ko milenge
Kya khoob! Qyamat ka hai goya koi din aur

Tum maahe-shabe-chaardaham* the mere ghar ke
Phir KyoN na raha ghar ka vo naksha koi din aur

[*Maahe-shabe-chaardaham: full moon]

Naadaan ho jo kehte ho ki KyoN jeete ho 'Ghalib'
Kismat me hai marne ki tamanna koi din aur