Gham mujhe hasrat mujhe...

Gham mujhe, hasrat (longing) mujhe, wahshat (fear) mujhe, sauda (frenzy/madness) mujhe;
ek dil deke khudaa ne de diya kya kya mujhe.

Hai husuul-e-aarzoo (acquisition of a desire) ka raaz tark-e-aarzoo (discard of desire);
main ne duniya chhor di to mil gayi duniya mujhe.

kah ke soya hoon ye apne iztaraab-e-shauq (restlessness of love) se;
jab vo aayen qabr par, fauran jagaa denaa mujhe.

subah tak kya kya terii ummeed ne taane diye;
aa gaya tha shaam-e-gham ik neend ka jhonkaa mujhe.

ye namaaz-e-ishq (worship of love) hai, kaisa adab (etiquette) kiska adab?
apne paa-e-naaz (delicate feet) par karne bhi do sajdaa mujhe.

dekhte hi dekhte duniya se main uth jaaunga;
dekhti ki dekhti rah jaayegi duniya mujhe!!

~Seemab Akbarabadi

Sar mein sauda bhi nahin....

Sar mein sauda (madness) bhi nahin dil mein tamanna (desire) bhi nahin,
lekin is tark-e-mohabbat (separation)* ka bharosa (assurance/guarantee) bhi nahin.

Yun to hungaame (hue and cry) uthaate nahin deewana-e-ishq (mad lovers),
magar ai dost kuch aison ka thikaana bhi nahin.

Muddatein (ages) guzrin teri yaad bhi aayi na hamein,
aur hum bhool gaye hon tujhe aisa bhi nahin.

Ye bhi sach hai ke mohabbat pe nahin main majboor,
ye bhi sach hai ke tera husn (beauty) kuch aisa bhi nahin.

Dil ki ginti na yagaanon (acquaintance) mein na be-gaanon (strangers) mein,
lekin is jalvaa-gaah-e-naaz (place where splendor of the beloved is on display) se uthta bhi nahin.

Bad-gumaan (unsuspicious) ho ke mil ai dost jo milna hai tujhe,
ye jhijhakte huwe milna koi milna bhi nahin.

Shikwa-e-jaur (complaint of oppression) kare kya koi us shokh (mischevious) se jo,
saaf qaayal (favouring) bhi nahin saaf mukarta (denying) bhi nahin.

Meherbani (kindness) ko mohabbat nahin kehte, Ai Dost,
Aah! mujh se to teri ranjish-e-bejaa (uncalled for anger) bhi nahin.

Baat ye hai ke sukoon-e-dil-e-vehshi (peace of the crazy heart) ka maqaam (place),
kunj-e-zindaan (corner of a prison) bhi nai vusa'at-e-sehra (vastness of desert) bhi nahin.

Tumne poochha bhi nahi humne bataaya bhi nahin,
kaun sa raaz wo aisa tha ki jaana bhi nahin.

Tujhse sambhlein to sambhaal apne hijaab-e-bebaak (open veil),
Main uthaata had-e-aadaab (limit of politeness) tamaasha bhi nahin.

Haaye, wo raaz-e-muhabbat (secret of love) jo chhupaye na bane!
Haaye, wo daagh-e-muhabbat (scar) jo ubharta bhi nahin!

Aah! ye majma-e-ahbaab (crowd of relatives) ye bazm-e-khaamosh (silent gathering),
Aaj mahfil mein Firaaq-e-sukhan-aaraa (Firaaq-The poet) bhi nahin.

Munh se hum apne bura to nahin kehte ke, 'Firaaq',
hai tera dost magar aadmi achha bhi nahin...

~Firaaq Gorakhpuri
Singer - Tina Sani

Hum-radeef ghazlein...

My all time favourite Jagjit-Chitra Ghazal:

Its actually two ghazals sung as one. In Urdu-poetic language its called 'hum-radeef ghazlein' - two ghazals with same ending word(s).

The part sung by Jagjit Singh is Amiir Miinaai's 'Uski Hasrat hai jise dil se mita bhi na sakun, Dhoondhne usko chala huun jise paa bhi na sakun', while Chitra Singh sings the famous Mirza Ghalib ghazal 'Meherbaan hoke bula lo mujhe Chahe jis waqt; Main gaya waqt nahi huun ke phir aa bhi na sakun'. Interestingly Ghalib's ghazal sounds like the reply to that of his contemporary Amiir Miinaai.

Writing ghazals on other poet's 'Zameen' is very common in Urdu poetry. Daagh Dehlvi has also written a ghazal 'hum-radeef' with Ghalib's very famous 'Ye na thi humaari qismat'. The famous ghazal singer Tina Sani sings these two in the video below. The singer and the compere (Anwar Masood) have also tried to explain the concept of hum-radeef ghazals at the start of the video.