Ghazal 27: dil meiN hai umang

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dil meiN hai umang
phir se hai tarang

daam-e-'aashiqi
halqa`e-nahang!

meri zindagi
ik kaTee patang

maiN hooN baa.vafaa
kyoN jahaaN hai dang?

'aql-o-hosh par
kyoN lagaa hai zang?

hai nigaah-e-yaar
goyaa ik Khadang

yaad kaa Khumaar
ho sakaa na bhang (1)

dil hai 'aql se
aaj mehv-e-jang

mujh se yooN hijaab!?
dil hai yaa k. sang!

dard-e-dil ke bhi
muKhtalif haiN rang

mustaqil malaal!
dil hua hai sang

dil ki dhaRkaneN
jaise ik mridang!

saaNs, nabz-o-jaaN
nai, rabaab-o-chang!

zindagi se ab
aa gayaa hooN tang!

sust haiN qadam
itna kyoN dirang?

(FEBRUARY 12, 2001 - ARLINGTON, TX - USA)

(1) bhang hona = Hindi, to be broken/destroyed
(as in "tapasyaa bhang honaa" -- not to be confused with the opiate!)

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