~:~ aaGaaz to hotaa hai anjaam nahii.n hotaa ~:~

 

Meena Kumari, the ‘tragedy queen’ of Indian Cinema, was
a well known ‘shaayaraa’ of her times. On her death, she
bequeathed 250 diaries of

her nazms, ghazals and ashaar
to Gulzar. Some of her ghazals and nazms were released
in an album titled “I write, I recite” (“Mere Nazm, Meri
Zabani” in Hindi) by Gulzar.

aaGaaz to hotaa hai anjaam nahii.n hotaa
jab merii kahaanii me.n vo naam nahii.n hotaa

jab zulf kii kaalikh me.n ghul jaaye ko_ii rahii
bad_naam sahii lekin gum_naam nahii.n hotaa

ha.Ns ha.Ns ke javaa.N dil ke ham kyo.n na chune.n Tuka.De
har shaKhs kii qismat me.n inaam nahiin hotaa

bahate hue aa.Nsuu ne aa.Nkho.n se kahaa tham kar
jo mai se pighal jaaye vo jaam nahii.n hotaa

din Duube hai.n yaa Duubii baaraat liye kashtii
saahil pe magar ko_ii koharaam nahiin hotaa

 

[kaalikh = blackness]

[aaGaaz = start; anjaam = end/result]

 

Poet: Meena Kumari ‘Naaz’