Monday, January 04, 2010

एक नज़्म उनके नाम

रहते हैं इन्ही दरीचों* में हम भी
जो तुम देखते हो, वही देखते हैं

ये गुमनाम सडकें, ये बेनाम चेहरे
क्या तुम देखते हो, जो ये देखते हैं

कहने को तो है, सिर्फ बुतपरस्ती** ये
क्या तुम देखते हो, क्या हम देखते हैं

छोड़े कारीगर ने, निशाँ ऐसे गहरे
जहाँ देखते हैं, उसे देखते हैं

ये कहना गलत है उनकी आँखें नहीं हैं
जो वो देखते हैं, हम देखते हैं

कहीं हैं ग़ज़ल, खूब तुमने भी ग़ालिब
जो हम देखते हैं, हमीं देखते हैं

खिली उनके चेहरे पर मुस्कान ऐसे
ज्यों गंगा के तट पर, दीये देखते हैं

दरीचे - windows; बुतपरस्ती - idol worship

year's first verse dedicated to the love of my life. can't promise that i'll be able to translate this, but try i'll sure. love you all. and yes, may the new year be full of beauty and bliss :)

36 comments:

Prats said...

Brilliant one dude... Awesome!!

Nadhiya said...

Oh my my ..

Beautiful :)

mymatrix said...

hey this is truely brilliant , I like the choice of ur words :-)

mageshcse said...

nice :)

harshita s said...

Na kah kisee se, keh Ghalib naheen zamaanae mein, Hareefe raaze muhabbath, magar dar-vo-deewaar

Behad Khoobsurat!!

Regards
Harshita

Saurangshu Kanunjna said...

Sir ji Awesome...
and its nice to start the year with a nice poem by u..
Jo tum likh te ho wahi hum dekhte hai...
asha hai ki tum likhte raho aur hum dekhte rahe... ;)

Regard
Sau

Pallavi said...

Amazing... True Love :)

Toon Indian said...

ऐ मेरे डेल्ही के ग़ालिब
क्या खूब लिखा है तूने
वाह वाह

Vivek said...

I have no words buddy :-)

Kadambari said...

Well done! :)
My favorite lines:
खिली उनके चेहरे पर मुस्कान ऐसे
ज्यों गंगा के तट पर, दीये देखते हैं
I hope I'm reading it correctly! Here's what it sounds like to me:
"The smile lit up her face as if, lamps on the banks of the Ganga".

RAJI MUTHUKRISHNAN said...

Beautiful.

pink dogwood said...

love the last two lines - just beautiful

Deepti said...

bahut sunder poem....maza aa gaya...:))

Tornado_strikes said...

I am not much of a poem lover. Still then you could hold me till the end. Good work.

ani_aset said...

you are a rockstar... sab ghalib ko beech me kyu late hai?

Harish said...

ये कहना गलत है उनकी आँखें नहीं हैं
जो वो देखते हैं, न हम देखते हैं


wahhh wahhhh.. what a deep thought!

Stephen said...

excellent post dude! :D keep it up!

truly awesome! :)

Richa said...

Ghalib saab is known as the most brilliant poets of his times.. and this one too is b'ful :) and good to know u dedicated to ur love :)

Bhavna Bhatnagar said...

छोड़े कारीगर ने, निशाँ ऐसे गहरे
जहाँ देखते हैं, उसे देखते हैं

खिली उनके चेहरे पर मुस्कान ऐसे
ज्यों गंगा के तट पर, दीये देखते हैं

my favorite lines... :)

p.s.: love the header!

Himanshu Bhagat said...

liked it! very profound! :)

Anonymous said...

Sweet love....Beautiful :)

serendipity said...

adee its beautiful but why did you add ghalib ..shall make ppl think its his!
beautiful work and inspired i am sure by The Mirza but substitute yr monicker for ghalib!

serendipity said...

how do we share it on facebook?

mihirlakhani said...

dude !! u rock

satishkini said...

Awesome... Man

sidharth said...

yeh toh javed akhtar ke liye competition hogaya naai?

Anonymous said...

Lovely! :)

Sudeep B said...

The new year gets happier...

Danish said...

MashaAllah :)
Loved the last two lines more...

Aman Sharma said...

Referring to the last couplet, I am sure this would have brought smile to your lady love, whom you have dedicated this poem!

Good one!

Twitter id : @amancool5

Srushti Rao said...

Jo hum dekhte hai, kya tum dekhte ho?

Amazing as always. Love the way u write. Gaalib toh gaalib hai janab, jo woh dekhte hai sirf wohi dekhte hai. Par tum mein jo hum dekhte hai woh talent dekhte hai.

Likhte raho.

Cheers!
Srush

Sigma said...

Oh Adi, how can one not like it?! Beautiful ..... you definitely have a way with words :-)

Umananda Kalita said...

Soft like petal, deep like an ocean!!

Keep it flowing:)

love,
umananda

mad hatter said...

wah, beautiful. loved what you did with the second line each time :)

- suparna

Arti Honrao said...

Naish! :D


GBU
Arti

heropm said...

WOW!

Specially this one :

खिली उनके चेहरे पर मुस्कान ऐसे
ज्यों गंगा के तट पर, दीये देखते हैं

Awesome mate.

dreamt before

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