Saturday, March 13, 2010

Kartey Nahi Hum



Ho chali hai aadat zeher peene ki ab
Dil chhota yuhi kartey nahi hum

Dhuan hai, nasha hai ya deewangi hai
Ye soch aahein bhartey nahi hum

Lagti hai thokar jab raastey mein
Ashqon ko zaaya kartey nahi hum

Raha hoga shayad fasana koi sa
Nafrat ke sholon mein jaltey nahi hum

Peshani pe harf godey khuda ne
Mukammal jahan chaaha kartey nahi hum

Par ye bhi sach hai gaye hain wo jabse
Jeetey nahi hum, martey nahi hum



Ashq- tears; zaaya- waste; fasana- story; peshani- forehead; harf- words; godey- engraved; Mukammal- complete

30 comments:

  1. aadat ho chali hai ab aapke blog ki
    aapke har fasane mein kuch ada hai
    har harf kuch naya, kuch alag lekin acha lagta hai
    wah wah kar apni comments mukammal karte hain har bar....

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  2. The pic said it all:( It is scary, don't wanna look at it:(
    But, amazingly written post! Hope no one had to face something like this.

    Take care and keep writing

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  3. @ Raj: Waah beta hamari ball se humein hi bowling! thanks :)
    @ akanksha: Purpose solved then! Thanks!

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  4. This pic is too disturbing to look at...Had to get my attention off it to read the post...amazingly written..
    Please change the pic!!

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  5. thank you! :) that's the whole purpose of the pic...it lends some pain to the poem that is totally fiction! cant be changed!

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  6. badhiya hai....to be honest mujhe 2-3 words ke meaning bhi nahi samjhe :P...but got the essence...and pic is scary :D

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  7. if that's fiction, hats off. felt the pain to bits on a perfect meter.

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  8. @ BI: thank you bhai...meanings toh sabki neeche likh di thi :)
    @ abhshek: thanks man!

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  9. whr the heck did you get this pic>? it is creepy..

    the ghazal wz something that would be hummed..very very good..u wont have ur usual number of comments on this..there are not many appreciators of gazals here..but believe u me it was par excellence..

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  10. it sure is. dat explains its presence out der.

    hey that is humbling..and i didnt expect too many comments on this...glad to have do many...thanks a ton for the appreciation :) :)

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  11. Picture is striking! Ur Hindi impaired friend :D

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  12. bhai,aapp ne bahut kuch yad dila dia :(

    striking!

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  13. @ nandita: one, this is urdu, so a double-sorry to you! and two, i tried posting an english translation as well, but i just couldn't!

    @ akshhar: bete bhool ja jo hua usey...u have a whole life to look forward to! :)

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  14. simply fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    the first couplet of the ghazhal is something that i am gonna remember for a very long time..

    the pic is apt.

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  15. Jeetey nahi hum, martey bhi nahi hum
    nice one vkg..hats off ..again..

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  17. @ nilanjana: humbled! thanks a lot :) the first couplet is my fave, too. i had written only those two lines long back...completed the rest only recently!

    @ abhinav: glad u liked it baba :)

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  18. Oh I didn't even realize its Urdu! For me everything with 'hai' and 'mein' is Hindi! :D

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  19. :D :D :D :D :D :D

    you should try learning...its pretty simple...some people frm the southern parts of india who came down to NIT Jamshedpur for their engineering didnt know squat of hindi...and they learnt it within a couple of years like anything...its that simple!!

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  20. Kadr karte hain hum aapke hunar ki..kaatil andaz tha post ka...aur pic ka bhi...

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  21. good you got something at least! :)

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  22. Very very painful - both the photo and the ghajhal.

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  23. i had to cover the pic with my palm n read this post..
    i m gonna have nytmares now.
    well written..

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  24. and also all dese days i dint read this post coz the pic was so painful

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  25. @ Shyam Sir: Well, dat's a compliment to both!

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  26. @ Devil: Lol! That's how caring I am. Thanks (:

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  27. very well ritten... but don u dink d lyf does move on......

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