Gunah

Hi Friends,

Todays Exams are over and I am going home for next eleven days. So see you on 3rd March.

Sher today is,

वो कौन है जिन्हें तौबा की मिल गई फुरसत
हमें गुनाह भी करने को ज़िंदगी कम है
-आनंद नारायण मुल्ला

Glossary
तौबा = Atonement, पश्चाताप

Enjoy
Abid

Tanhaai

Hi Friends,

Topic today is Tanhaai, found a few good ones. Mulahiza farmaiye

एक महफिल में कई महफिलें होती हैं शरीक
जिस को भी पास से देखोगे वह तन्हा होगा
-बशीर बद्र

दिल समझता था की खल्वत में वह तन्हा होंगे
मैंने परदा जो उठाया तो क़यामत निकली
-अज़ीज़ लखनवी


Glossary
Khalwat = when alone

Enjoy
Abid

Mulaaqaat

Hi All,

Today the topic is mulaqaat.

The shers are:

मैंने माना की मुझे उन से मुहब्बत न रही
हमनशीं फिर भी मुलाक़ात से जी डरता है
-हसन नईम

हूरों से ना होगी ये मदारात किसी की
जन्नत में याद आएगी मुलाक़ात किसी की
- बेखुद देहलवी


Glossary:
Madaaraat : Favors, आवभगत

Enjoy
Abid

Hina

Hi All,

Hina means Mehandi. This is the topic for today's sher. Found some good ones for you.

चंद मासूम से पत्तों का लहू है "फाकिर"
जिस को महबूब के हाथों की हिना कहते है
-सुदर्शन फाकिर

न मेरे ज़ख्म खिले हैं न तेरा रंग-ऐ-हिना
मौसम आए ही नही अबके गुलाबों वाले
-अहमद फ़राज़

Glossary
चंद = Few

Enjoy
Abid

Zulf

Hi,

Just a few shers on Zulf, one of the favorite topics of all poets. This has been used in numerous shers and subject to all kinds of experiments.

The shers are,

Chedti hai kabhi lab ko kabhi rukhsaron ko
Tum ne zulfon ko bahut sar pe chada rakha hai

-Khwamkhah Hyderabadi (Funny name... huh??)

Wo lajaye mere sawal par ki utha sake na jhuka ke sar
Udi zulf chehre pe is tarah ki shabon ke raaz machal gaye

-Majrooh Sultanpuri

Glossary:
Rukhsaron = cheeks
Khwamkhah = Futile, Zabardasti, Bekaar mein
Shabon = nights

Observe the use beautiful use of Muhavra "sar pe chadana" in the sher. In the second sher the beauty lies in how zulf playing on face is betraying the mysteries of nights.

Enjoy
Abid

Banda - Khuda

Hi All,

Today a philosophical sher from Meer Taqi Meer...
The sher is

Saraapaa aarzu hone ne banda kar diya hum ko
Vagarna hum Khuda the, gar dil-e-bemudda_aa hote
-Meer

Glossary:
Saraapa = from head to toe
Vagrana = Otherwise
Bemudda_a = Without any issue/yearning/desire

The crux is, I am a man since I have desires. If not then I would have been God. So in this couplet he is telling us why we are man and different from God, but interesting thing is, it is not clear whether he is deriding god or praising him and one can take the sher both ways and that I think is the real beauty of sher

Enjoy
Abid

Nasir

Hi All,

Today's sher are from a very great poet from Pakistan, Nasir Kazmi.
He has developed a unique style of ghazal. His ghazals are of very short meter (length of line) and kaafiya is not strictly followed. Result of this is very aloof and abrupt sort of poetry which suits his themes. Judge it for yourself...

The shers are

aaj to be-sabab udaas hai ji
ishq hota to koi baat bhi thi

aaj to vo bhi kuchh Khamosh sa tha
maine bhi us se koi baat na ki

tu jo itna udas hai 'Nasir'
tujhe kya ho gaya bata to sahi

-Nazir Kazmi.

Enjoy
Abid