Monday, October 03, 2005

Ajnabii shehr key ajnabii rastey

I couldnt find this piece in Urdu script so tried doing my best with Roman English. Hope its understandable.

Ajnabii shehr key ajnabii rastey
Meri tanhayii par muskaratey rahey
Mey bohat dair tak yunhii chalta raha
Tum bohat dair tak yaad atey rahey

Zehr milta raha, zehr peetey rahey
Roz martey rahey, roz jeetey rahey
Zindagii bi humey azmatii rahi
Aur hum bhi isey aazmate rahey

Zakhm jab bhi koi zehn o dil par laga
Zindagii ki taraf ek dareecha khula
Hum bhi goya kisi saaz key taar hain
Chot khatey rahey, gungunatey rahey

Kal kuch aisa hua, mey bohat thakh gaya
Is liye sun kar bhi un suni kar gaya
Kitni yadon key bhatkey huey karawaan
Dil key zakhmo key dar khat khtaatey rahey

Ajnabii shehr key ajnabii rastey
Meri tanhayii par muskaratey rahey
Mey bohat dair tak yunhii chalta raha
Tum bohat dair tak yaad atey rahey

2 comments:

Faith said...

haven't heard it... remember our A levels... :P u gave me this ghazal and another one written on a piece of paper..

mahnoor said...

awww i love that ghazal. my sister and i listen to it once in a while... it's the only musical item we're embarassed to admit our parents are right about :D u've got a great blog here :) yeah for not growing up!!