Tuesday, 29 January 2008

baiThe hai.n rahguzar par

Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib wrote:

da_ir nahii.n haram nahii.n dar nahii.n aastaa.n nahii.n
baiThe hai.n rahguzar pe ham Gair hame.n haTaa_e kyu.n?


Kaifi Azmi took the first half of the second misra and made that into a song for Chaalis Din/40 Days (1959)

baiThe hai.n rahguzar par dil kaa diyaa jalaa_e
shaayad vo dard samjhe shaayad vo lauT aaye.

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