Firaq Gorakhpuri - Poetic Language Maestro

Sham-e-gham kuch us nigah-e-naaz ki baatein karo,

Bekhudi barhti chali hai, raaz ki baatein karo

( It is an evening of sadness, lets talk about the eyes of that beauty

  The intoxication is growing, lets talk about our secrets)

Yeh sukoot-e-naaz yeh dil ki ragon ka tootna,

Khamoshi mein kuch shikast-e-saaz ki baatein karo

(This silence of grace, this breaking of the veins of my heart

  In this silence lets talk about the defeat of music)

Kuch qafas ki teelion se chan raha hai noor sa,

Kuch faza, kuch hasrat-e-parwaaz ki baatein karo

( Through the bars of my cage, a little light is visible,

  Lets talk about the surroundings, and my desire to fly away)

Nakhat-e-zulf-e-parishaan, dastaan-e-shaam-e-gham,

Subah hone tak isi andaaz ki baatein karo

( The fragnance of your disheavelled hair, and the story of the sad evening,

   Till morning, please keep talking to me in this manner)

har rag-e-dil vazd mein aati rahe dukhti rahe,

yun hi us ke jaa-o-bejaa naaz kii baatein karo

( That each vein of my heart become ecstatic with happiness and filled with pain,

  Lets talk about her beauty and grace which is spread all around me)

Courtesy PoetryMehfil. Reminded me of my diary when I was a kid - papa's diary of shers, dohas. I'd try to understand a poem a day from my father. I can still recite some from memory.

Loved the beautiful Urdu words Firaq uses. A ghazal's beauty is in its language. Keen to listen to the ones set to music now.

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