| a ghazal composed by Shahryar for the film, and sung by Asha Bhosle | meter: #18 in the *meter
list* *on youtube* |
| that one for whom/which we were searching--
we didn't find him/it but on this pretext we saw the world |
justajuu
jis kii thii us ko to nah paayaa ham ne is bahaane se magar dekh lii dunyaa ham ne |
| we didn't disgrace you, nor did we repent
either in this way we upheld the custom of passion |
tujh
ko rusvaa nah kiyaa ham bhii pashemaa;N nah hu))e ((ishq kii rasm ko is :tar;h nibhaayaa ham ne |
| when did we meet, where were we separated--
we don't remember oh life, we only saw you in a dream |
kab
milii thii kahaa;N bichh;Rii thii hame;N yaad nahii;N zindagii tujh ko to bas ;xvaab me;N dekhaa ham ne |
| oh Ada, why/how would we even tell more about
our situation? we traversed the long journey of the lifetime alone |
ay
adaa aur sunaa))e;N bhii to kyaa ;haal apnaa ((umr kaa lambaa .safar :tay kiyaa tanhaa ham ne |
| Here's the form of the ghazal that Shahryar published in his own name, as serious Urdu poetry: | |
| that one for whom/which we were searching-- we didn't find him/it but on this pretext we saw the world |
justajuu
jis kii thii us ko to nah paayaa ham ne is bahaane se magar dekh lii dunyaa ham ne |
| everyone's condition is exactly the same as ours today it's a separate matter that we alone complained |
sab
kaa a;hvaal vuhii hai jo hamaaraa hai aaj yih alag baat kih shikvah kiyaa tanhaa ham ne |
we neither ourselves repented, nor embarrassed that one |
;xvud
pashemaan hu))e ne use sharmindah kiyaa ((ishq kii va.z((a ko kyaa ;xuub nibhaayaa ham ne |
| what disaster is that, that has descended on the eyes? for some time we haven't had a dream |
kaun
saa qahr yih aa;Nkho;N pah hu))aa hai naazul ek muddat hai ko))ii ;xvaab nah dekhaa ham ne |
| a whole lifetime we spoke only the truth, we said nothing except the
truth what recompense we'd get for this-- we didn't think about this |
((umr
bhar sach hii kahaa sach ke sivaa kuchh nah kahaa ajr kyaa is kaa milegaa yih nah sochaa ham ne |
| Source: saatvaa;N daar (Allahabad: Shabkhun Kitab Ghar, 1969), p.77 | |
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