Tuesday 12 April 2011

nagarii merii kab tak yuu.nhii barabaad rahegii

har shaam hu_ii sub'ha ko ek Kwaab-e-faraamosh
duniyaa yahii duniyaa hai to kyaa yaad rahegii
-yaas yagaana changezi


Josh Malihabadi used a misra for a song of "Man Ki Jeet"
nagarii merii kab tak yuu.nhii barabaad rahegii
duniyaa yahii duniyaa hai to kyaa yaad rahegii


Thursday 7 April 2011

kisne chilaman se maaraa

Saher Bhopali {Siraj Mir Khan} 1857-1918 wrote

siine me.n dil hai dil me.n daaG, daaGo.n me.n soz-o-saaz-e-ishq,
parda ba parda hai pinhaa.n parda nashee.n kaa raaz-e-ishq

baa.ndh ke saf ho.n sab khaRe, teG ke saath sar jhuke
aaj to qatlgaah me.n dhuum se ho namaaz-e-ishq

farsh-e-zamii.n pe mustafaa, arsh-e-barii.n pe kibriyaa
pahu.nchaa kahaa.n se kahaa.n silsila-e-daraaz-e-ishq

Majrooh Sultanpuri used the first sher as an antara in the song "kisne chilaman se maaraa nazaaraa mujhe" from Baat Ek Raat Ki (1962)