Ghalib : Ghazal 6~

(Phir mujhe deedah-e-tar yaad aayaa)

Those moist eyes have come to my mind once again;
My heart and liver thirst for a lament again.

Doomsday has yet to halt to take a breath,
Though the moment of your journey is here again.

I would have surely passed my life anyhow,
Why has your street crossed my mind again?

The gatekeeper of Paradise would have quarreled,
Had I thought of your abode there again.

What is this wilderness before my wilderness?
I imagine my house in a forest again.

Whene'er my boyhood aimed a stone at Majnu, Asad,
I remembered my own head again and again!
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(First published in e-journal Kritya)
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Ghalib : Ghazal 5~

(Muddat hui hai yaar ko mehmaan kiye huve)

An age has passed since I hosted my Beloved,
When our evenings were lit up with cups of wine.

My breath is hot again with fiery complaints,
It's long since we saw the fireworks shine.

The heart and the eyes- arch rivals though,
Together for Beloved's sight they now pine.

Again I wish my Love's on her balcony,
With dark tresses blowing on her face fine.

The heart again seeks those days and nights of leisure,
When in thoughts I would with my Beloved entwine.

Ghalib, don't provoke me, for I'm ready again
With my turbulent tears, to let a stormy rain !
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(First published in the ejournal Muse India)
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Ghalib : Ghazal 4~

(Hairaan hoon dil ko rovoon ki peetoon jigar ko main)

Should I cry my heart out, or beat my chest - I am confused
I f I could, to mourn for me a servant sure I would've used

It's envy that prevents me from identifying your abode;
Rather, I've been asking all to point to me the right road

My rival's door a thousand times I've been compelled to go;
How much I wish that the way to your alley I didn't know

Some miles every swift walker, I match stride for stride,
But I've not yet found a person who can be my guide

In sheer absentmindedness, I've lost my Beloved's lane,
Otherwise, I would have indeed discovered myself again!
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(First published in the ejournal Muse India)
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