Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Shiv Kumar Batalvi's Aj Fer Dil Gareeb Da - Ghazal (Presentation - Desh Ratna)

Aj Fer Dil Gareeb Da - Gazal


Aj fer dil gareeb
Ik paaNda hae vaasta,
De ja meri ahj kalam nu
Ik hor haadsa.

Mudat hoi hae darad da
Koi jaam peeteyaaN,
PeeRaaN ‘ch haNju ghol ke,
De ja do aatasha.

Kaagaz di kori reejh hae
Chup chaap vekhdi,
ShabdaaN de thal ‘ch bhaTakda
GeetaaN da kaafila.

TurnaaN maeN chaahuNda
Paer vich kaNDe di lae ke peeR,
Dukh toN kabar tak dosta
Jihna vi faasala.

Aa bahuR Shiv nu peeR vi
Hae kaND de chali,
Rakhi si jihdi oas ne
Mudat toN daastaaN!
The Poor Man


Today this poor man
Begs you once again,
For one more tragedy,
For the sake of his pen.

It has been an age
Since I have drunk of sorrow,
Stir tears into pain,
Make it twice as fierce.

This blank sheet of paper
Watches me silently,
A caravan of poems
Is lost in a desert of words.

I want to walk
With the ache of the thorn in my foot,
Whatever be the distance, my friend,
From sorrow to the grave.

Even pain has turned its back upon me.
Come back! says Shiv,
You have been my tale
For a long, long time!

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