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 |
justajū
jis kī thī us ko to nah pāyā ham ne is bahāne se magar dekh lī dunyā ham ne |
we didn't disgrace you, nor did we repent
either in this way we upheld the custom of passion |
tujh
ko rusvā nah kiyā ham bhī pashemāñ nah huʾe ʿishq kī rasm ko is t̤arḥ nibhāyā ham ne |
when did we meet, where were we separated--
we don't remember oh life, we only saw you in a dream |
kab
milī thī kahāñ bichhṛī thī hameñ yād nahīñ zindagī tujh ko to bas ḳhvāb meñ dekhā ham ne |
oh Ada, why/how would we even tell more about
our situation? we traversed the long journey of the lifetime alone |
ay
adā aur sunāʾeñ bhī to kyā ḥāl apnā ʿumr kā lambā ṣafar t̤ay kiyā tanhā 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 |
justajū
jis kī thī us ko to nah pāyā ham ne is bahāne se magar dekh lī dunyā ham ne |
everyone's condition is exactly the same as ours today it's a separate matter that we alone complained |
sab
kā aḥvāl vuhī hai jo hamārā hai āj yih alag bāt kih shikvah kiyā tanhā ham ne |
we neither ourselves repented, nor embarrassed that one |
ḳhvud
pashemān huʾe ne use sharmindah kiyā ʿishq kī vaẓʿa ko kyā ḳhūb nibhāyā ham ne |
what disaster is that, that has descended on the eyes? for some time we haven't had a dream |
kaun
sā qahr yih āñkhoñ pah huʾā hai nāzul ek muddat hai koʾī ḳhvāb nah dekhā 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 |
ʿumr
bhar sach hī kahā sach ke sivā kuchh nah kahā ajr kyā is kā milegā yih nah sochā ham ne |
Source: sātvāñ dār (Allahabad: Shabkhun Kitab Ghar, 1969), p.77 | |
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