Date: Wed, 28 Aug 96 17:29:00 PDT
From: Ramesh Hariharan (rameshh@tp.ac.sg)
Subject: Mohsin Naqvi! ret par likh ke mera naam...

Hi ghazalers

A ghazal by Mohsin Naqvi, from Pakistan, to placate your growing appetite!
This was sung so beautifully (as always) by Ghulam Ali, in his album Mehraab
(the curved arches of doorways, gates so famous and unique to Islamic architecture):-))

1. ret par likh ke mera naam mitaaya na karo
ankheN sach bholthi haiN, pyaar chupaaya na karo

[After writing my name on the sand, don't erase it away
Eyes always speak the truth, don't hide your love (for me)]

2. log har baat ka afsaana banaa lethe haiN
sabko haalaath ki rudaad sunaaya na karo

[People will make stories out of everything/every point
Don't tell everybody of (your/our) sad state of affairs]

3. yeh zaroori nahiN har shaqs massiah hi ho
pyaar ke zakm amaanat haiN, dikhaaya na karo

[It is not necessary that every person be a messiah/doctor
The wounds of love are a treasure/prized possession, don't expose/show them]

4. shaher-e-ehsaas meiN patraav bahut haiN, 'mohsin'
dil ko sheeshe ke jharoNkhoN meiN sajaaya na karo

[In the city of feelings, there are a lot of stones being thrown/stony pathways, 'mohsin'
Don't keep/decorate your heart behind a curtain/shell/house of glass]

regards
Ramesh