Friday, October 24, 2008

Kashish

Kashish is a ghazal. Initially, I had wrongly assumed that I would be able to make it a sophisticated one but I was seriously mistaken. You can give it a reading.

Teri aankhon mein, jaane kyun, ek ajeeb kashish si hai
Isi wajah se to maine dil ko apne thodi bandish di hai

Ek arsa pahle bhi, kisi haseen ne mera dil tod diya tha
Tab se maine isko samjhane ki beinteha koshish ki hai

Na aag lagi, na dhuan utha, par dil dono ke jal rahe the
Isi liye aaj tak chandni raat mein sirf tapish hi hai

Labon par toh aaj bhi unke wahi muskaan khelti hai par
Nazarein keh jati hain unke dil mein koi khalish si hai

Mujhe gham dene waale, tujhe khushi ki dua deta hai woh
Jisne aaj tak dhokhe khaye aur aansuon ki baarish pi hai

Kar le jaalim tu, jitne bhi sitam tujhe mujhpe karne hai
Aake dekh, ab maine bhi apne sabra ki aajmayish ki hai

PS: Please, do appreciate my effort if you enjoyed reading the post.