Welcome to the first post for 2024, a ghazal in Hindi! This year, I have decided to post content weekly instead of bi-weekly that I did last year. I want to focus more deeply on my work (the joy the writing) and bring out the best of it for all of you to read and experience. To become a good writer, it’s important to read a lot. I am an my journey of reading and consuming all the good stuff around me.
Here is the first ghazal in hindi for this year, inspired by the beautiful fleeting encounters which are beautiful only because they are ephemeral. Have you ever experienced an interaction which you wished never ended but it had to? The incompleteness of these interactions is probably what makes them complete, isn’t it?
Here it goes: A ghazal in hindi, कुछ देर ठहरेंगे
जानते नहीं थे सियाह सफ़ेद पेंटिंग को उनकी
हमारी डिब्बी में बचे एक दो रंग ज़िंदा कर देंगे
ना मांगो हमसे साथ ज़िन्दगी भर का
कुछ देर ठहरेंगे मगर लम्हे यादगार कर देंगे
अधूरी हो कर भी पूरी हैं कुछ कहानियां
एहमियत किरदारों से पूछो किस्से आँखें भर देंगे
जज़्बातों की आँधी में रिवायतों के दिए जलना ज़रूरी है
ये बदलते हालातों के सर्द मौसम को गर्म कर देंगे
करीब इतना आये तेरे कि अब फांसला ज़रूरी है
तुझसे वफ़ा करेंगे तो खुद से बेवफाई कर देंगे
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