Date: Sat, 02 Mar 96 10:36:00 PST
From: Ramesh Hariharan (rameshh@tp.ac.sg)
Subject: Sajda: Mausam Ko Isharon Se Bula ...

Hi folks

Ghazal no 10 from the album Sajda, sung by Jagjit Singh. 5 more to go, after this.

Poet : Zafar Gorakhpuri

1. mausam ko isharon se bula kyun nahi lete
rootha hai agar woh to mana kyun nahi lete

[Why don't (you) call out to the season by your gestures/mannerisms/signs
If he is angry/cross/upset with you, then why don't you console him/make him agreeable]

2. deewana tumhara hai koi gair nahi hai
machla hai to seene se laga kyun nahi lete

[The mad lover/mad man is yours, and is not a stranger
If he is uneasy/flustered, then why don't you hold him to your chest(embrace him)]

3. tum jaag rahe ho mujhe achcha nahi lagta
chupke se meri neend chura kyun nahi lete

[You are keeping awake, and I do not like it
Why don't you quietly steal my sleep away from me]

4. khat likh ke kabhie aur kabhie khat ko jala kar
tanhai ko rangeen bana kyun nahi lete

[By sometimes writing letters and by sometimes burning them
Why don't you make your loneliness colourful]

regards

Ramesh