Personal Blog Of Mohib Ahmad

zaKhm har jaa lagaaye jaate haiN

May 8th, 2006 Posted in Self, Urdu Poetry

I wrote this Ghazal sometime in February 2005. The second couplet is my favourite. I am also writing the meaning of difficult Urdu words, just in case.

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zaKhm har jaa lagaaye jaate haiN
ahl-e-dil yuuN sajaaye jaate haiN

(har jaa : everywhere; ahl-e-dil : people with a heart)

hamne KhvaaboN kaa bojh Dhoyaa hai
ham azaaboN meN paaye jaate haiN

(Khvaab : dream; azaab : punishment)

ham, ke aajiz hasiin chehroN se
aap dil meN samaaye jaate hain !

(aajiz : fed up; hasiin : beautiful)

kyuN tirii aarzuu meN jiite haiN ??
kyuN sitam Khud pe dhaaye jaate hain ??

(aarzuu : desire; sitam : infliction)

vo hii hamse judaa nahiiN hote
ham to kab se bhulaaye jaate haiN

(judaa : separate)

  1. 5 Responses to “zaKhm har jaa lagaaye jaate haiN”

  2. By Ayesha on May 12, 2006

    you restless blog URL changer!

    Best of luck for all change sin ur life, I hope they are good ones.
    and honestly.. I had no idea, you could write such a great ghazal. Bravo.

  3. By Mohib on May 16, 2006

    I really hope this blog lasts longer than the previous ones.
    :-)

    Btw, congratulations !
    You are officially the first commenter at this blog.
    ;-)

  4. By bhupinder singh on Jul 7, 2006

    Bahut khoob, Mohib !

    The second one is indeed the most original, but I liked the maqta as well, it is traditional, but the words are very harmonious.

    A very personal view, of course.

    Do write more- you write so well ! And please don’t change the URL now, I almost lost you.

  5. By Zoya on Jul 7, 2006

    Wow, Mohib!

    I loved each and every sher in this ghazal, and I really mean it! :)

    You should write more often.

  6. By Mohib on Jul 14, 2006

    bahut shukriyaa, Bhupinder saahab !

    Writing is spontaneous. At times, I have forced myself to write and it never came out good. I really want to write a new Ghazal, let us hope it is sooner than later.

    I am sorry for changing my blog URL so often, this one is going to be available for some time at least.

    :-)

    Zoya ji,

    Thank you so much. I would try to write more.

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