GHAZAL : 3rd July 2020

     GHAZAL : 3^rd July 2020

Agarchih aankh meri nam nahin hai

Ye mat samjho ke dil mai’n gham nahin hai

Bujha de har charagh-e-zindagi ko

Hawa mai’n is qadar to dam nahin hai

Chali jaati hai kuch din mai’n hi wapas

Khushi ko’I kahin har dam nahin hai

Mujhe wo ham-nafas phir mil g’ya hai

Tabi’at ab miri barham nahin hai

Praisha’n karta hai ye wahm mujh ko

Mira hamdam, mira hamdam nahin hai

Kanwal main is liye shu’lah fisha’n hoon

Mirey gulshan ma’n ab shabnam nahin hai.

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GLOSSARY

 Agarchih : although; even if. Nam: moist or wet with tears. Gham: grief; sorrow. Dam: energy; power. Wapas: return. Dam: moment. Ham-nafas: companion; friend. Tabi’at: mind; temperament. Barham: topsy-turvy; disturbed. Wahm: idea; imagination Hamdam: friend; loved one. Shu’lah fisha’n : flames scatterer. Shabnam: dew.

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3^rd Ju ly 2020                                                  Dr. G. R. Kanwal