| a ghazal composed by Shahryar for the film, and sung by Asha Bhosle | meter: #7 in the *meter
list* *on youtube* |
| there are thousands of drunkards from the
intoxication of these eyes there are thousands of stories connected to these eyes |
in
aa;Nkho;N kii mastii ke mastaane hazaaro;N hai;N in aa;Nkho;N se vaabastah afsaane hazaaro;N hai;N |
| you alone are not the only one disgraced
in my love in this city there are thousands of madmen like you |
ik
tum hii nahii;N tanhaa ulfat me;N mire rusvaa is shahr me;N tum jaise diivaane hazaaro;N hai;N |
| I'm the only one who gives drinks of wine
from the eyes there are said to be, in the world, thousands of "wine-houses" |
ik
.sirf hamii;N mai ko aa;Nkho;N se pilaate hai;N kahne ko to dunyaa me;N mai-;xaane hazaaro;N hai;N |
| you [seek to] frighten this glowing candle
with a windstorm there are thousands of moths of this glowing candle |
is
sham((a-e firozaa;N ko aa;Ndhii se ;Daraate ho is sham((a-e firozaa;N ke parvaane hazaaro;N hai;N |
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