GHAZAL : 2nd AUGUST 2020

GHAZAL : 2^nd AUGUST 2020

Hum Nashin guzra zamana bhool ja

Tha jo us ka tana bana bhool ja

(Dear comrade! Forget the olden times. Forget their web and woof.  They are not going to come again.)

Aandhion ki zad se jo mehfooz tha

Wo chaman, wo ashiana bhool ja.

(Forget the garden and the nest therein which were safe from the onslaught of hurricanes. We are not going to have them again.).

Kon kehta hai ke yaron ko bhula

Un ko seenay se lagana bhool ja.

(You are not asked to forget your old friends.  But you must not embrace them now. It is dangerous, so forget the old way of meeting and greeting them.)

Ahde nau ke zamzamon par rakh nazar

Ahde rafta ka tarana bhool ja.

(Now focus on the lyrics of modern times and forget the one you were habitual of reciting in the past.)

Bhool ja wo dil lagi ki mehfelain

Doston ka har thikana bhool ja.

(Forget the past assemblies of friends which delighted your heart.  Forget the residence of each one of your old friends.)

Gham ka saya bhi jahan padta na tha

Hasta gaata wo gharana bhool ja.

(Forget that home on which did not fall even a shadow of sorrow. Forget that old house of songs and laughters.)

Tha hamari guftgu mai’n jo kabhi

Wo tha ik jhoota fasana bhhol ja.

(That love story which found its way in our conversation was unreal.  It was np mor than fiction, so forget it.)

Doston ko dil ke ghoshon mai’n basa

Ab gharon mai’n aana jana bhool ja.

(Accommodate your friends in the nooks and corners of your heart.  Now, there is no going to their homes to greet and embrace them.)

Lot kar jab aa nahin sakta Kanwal

Apnay bachpan ka zamana bhool ja.

(Listen Kanwal, It is now but appropriate to forget  the golden time of your childhood because it can no longer be revisited by you.)

2^nd August 2020                                               Dr.G.R.Kanwal