तू नहीं तो - Anotther ghazal from Arth

तू नहीं तो
जिन्दगी में
और क्या
रह जाएगा

दूर तक
तनहाइयों का
सिलसिला
रह जाएगा

दर्द की
सारी तहे
और सारे
गुज़रे हादसे

सब धुँआ
हो जाएगा
इक वाकया
रह जाएगा

यूँ भी होगा
वो मुझे
दिल से भुला
देगा मगर

ये भी होगा
खुद उसी में
इक खला
रह जाएगा

दायरे इंकार के
इकरार की सरगोशियाँ
ये अगर टूटे
तो बस फासला
रह जाएगा

Time to me

Reading and Listening, side by side, to Mir's ( Mir Taqi Mir) kalaam, in the voice of Lataji, prompted me to rewind the ghazal and listen to it again, and again. कुछ शेर ज़हन में गूंजते जा रहे हैं।

परश्तिश किया भी तौ ए बुत तुझे,
नज़र में सभों कि खुदा कर चले ...

( note the typical use of hyderabadi style - सभो instad of the usual सभी ).

The meaning of the above is just as simple - I have worshiped you, and you are now a god for all.

दिखायी दिए यूँ के बेखुद किया,
हमे आप से भी जुदा कर चले।

The ghazal was rendered by Lata mangeskar, for the movie - Baazaar, and during the times when movies with easily understandable ghazals were gaining importance. This was the era when films like Saath Saath, Arth, Nikah and Umrao Jaan brought the ghazals to the pop laced generation, and till date, the ghazals from these films have ruled the melody.

Another ghazal ( by ghalib ) tonight says -

Nothing...

Space...

Eyelids and beyond

Eyes see the obvious. Foresight sees ahead. And intuition sees much beyond.

And then there are times when intuition hints at things that seem contradictory to the obvious perceived by the eyes. Moments when intuition forces the eyelids to close the windows and open the inner eyes, enabling the vision that can see through the curtains of time, evaluating why and how the obvious will turn into what intuition hints at.

I am simply going through such a chain of moments when whatever I see is not in agreement in what my inner vision sees.