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Zehal-e miskin


Was looking up poetry by Hafiz and found this, the Sabri Bros have a lovely qhawal of same:
www.anothersubcontinent.com


By Amir Khusrao


Zehal-e miskin makun taghaful, duraye naina banaye batiyan;
ki taab-e hijran nadaram ay jaan, na leho kaahe lagaye chhatiyan.
Shaban-e hijran daraz chun zulf wa roz-e waslat cho umr kotah;
Sakhi piya ko jo main na dekhun to kaise kaatun andheri ratiyan.
Yakayak az dil do chashm-e jadoo basad farebam baburd taskin;
Kise pari hai jo jaa sunaave piyare pi ko hamaari batiyan.
Cho sham?a sozan cho zarra hairan hamesha giryan be ishq aan meh;
Na neend naina na ang chaina na aap aaven na bhejen patiyan.
Bahaqq-e roz-e wisal-e dilbar ki daad mara ghareeb Khusrau;
Sapet man ke waraaye raakhun jo jaaye paaon piya ke khatiyan.


Do not overlook my misery by blandishing your eyes,
and weaving tales; My patience has over-brimmed,
O sweetheart, why do you not take me to your bosom.
Long like curls in the night of separation,
short like life on the day of our union;
My dear, how will I pass the dark dungeon night
without your face before.
Suddenly, using a thousand tricks, the enchanting eyes robbed me
of my tranquil mind;
Who would care to go and report this matter to my darling?
Tossed and bewildered, like a flickering candle,
I roam about in the fire of love;
Sleepless eyes, restless body,
neither comes she, nor any message.
In honour of the day I meet my beloved
who has lured me so long, O Khusro;
I shall keep my heart suppressed,
if ever I get a chance to get to her trick.
 

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Login to find out (September 15, 2009 at 12:21pm)
hahahah, actually I saw him in the Naseeb version of Jannah :P
 
Login to find out (September 15, 2009 at 11:17am)
I thought Amir Khusro was long dead...has he written some new ones now?
:P
 
Login to find out (September 14, 2009 at 5:34pm)
I love the old Amir Khusrao ghazals
 
Login to find out (September 14, 2009 at 4:45pm)
Naseeb is weird. The alerts just go off. Just saw this one.

Haven' heard this one and without the English translation I would have been at a loss as so much Farsi and some ancient Urdu....
 
Login to find out (September 14, 2009 at 1:20am)
awww, no comments yet - people must be busy with ibadaat :)