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gHazal

The ghazal below is by janab Raffiq Sheikh sahib. He lives somwhere in Africa , yet another proof of Urdu's world wide popularity.

His ghazal is well balanced in terms of the behar (metre) suggesting of someone who has been writing ghazals for a good number of years and we hope he continues to do so. --- kashif


kabhi yaad tujhko aaye guzra huwaa zamanaa
tujhko qasam wafaa ki aaNsoo naH tu bahaana

milnaa hi do diloN ka dar-asal hai judaai
ulfat ka rang-o-gham say rishta hai yeH puranaa

ro ro kay keh ra-hay haiN armaan machal machal kay
duniya meiN naam-e-ulfat ashkoN ka hai kHazanaa

ai bulbul-e gulistaN tum yuN na muskuraao
poshida iss kHushi meiN gHam ka hai taranaa

ho jagah koi woH yaarab jahaaN chaaNd ho, naH taa-ray
naH to Dar ho bijliyoN ka, ghar ho naH aashiyana

apni "Rafik" jahan meiN bas arzoo yahi hai
kar-nay wafaa haiN aaye, kar-kay wafaa hai jaana




September 12th 1998 :