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hi very interesting contest hai.

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Ho.nTho.n pe kabhii un ke meraa naam hii aaye
Aaye to sahii bar-sar-e-ilzaam hii aaye

Hairaan hai.n lab_bastaa hai.n, dil_giir hai.n Gunche
Khushbuu kii zubaanii teraa paiGaam hii aaye

Lamhaat-e-masarrat hai.n tasavvur se gurezaa.N
Yaad aae hai.n jab bhii Gam-o-aalaam hii aaye

Taaro.n se sajaa le.nge raah-e-shahar-e-tamannaa
Maqaduur nahii.n subho chalo shaam hii aaye

Yaado.n ke vafaao.n ke aqiido.n ke Gamo.n ke
Kaam aaye jo duniyaa me.n to is naam hii aaye

Kyaa raah badalane kaa gilaa ham_safaro.n se
Jis raah se chale tere dar-o-baam hii aaye

Thak haar ke baiThe hai.n sar-e-kuu-e-tamannaa
Kaam aaye to phir jazbaa-e-naakaam hii aaye

Baaqii na rahe saaKh "Adaa" dasht-e-junuu.N kii
Dil me.n agar andeshaa-e-anjaam hii aaye

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FAIZ AHMAD FAIZ KI GHAZAL KEE SATH CONTEST MEEN SHAMIL HOO RAHA HOON. COMMENTS ZAROR DIJYEE GA THNAKS

Rang pairahan ka, khushboo zulf lehrane kaa naam
Mousam-e-gul hai tumhare baam par aane ka naam
Doston us chasm-o-lab ki kuch kaho, jiske bagair
Gulistaan ki baat rangeen hai, na mehkhane ka naam
Phir nazar mein phool mehke, dil mein phir shamayen jali
Phir tasavvur ne liya us bazm mein jane ka naam
Dilbari thehra zabaan-e-khalk khulwane ka naam
Ab nahin lete pari-roo zulf bikhrane ka naam
Ab kisi laila ko bhi ikraar-e-mehboobi nahin
In dinon badnaam hai har ek deewane ka naam
Muhatsib ki khair, uncha hai usi ke faiz se
Rind ka, saaki ka,may ka, khum ka, paimane ka naam.
Hum se kehte hain chaman vale, gareebane chaman
Tum koi accha sa rakh lo apne veerane ka naam
Faiz unko hai takazaa-e-vafa humse jinhe
Aashna ke naam se pyaara hai begaane ka naam.
English Translation (mine):
Colour is a dress, fragrance is a name for your flowing tresses.
Your appearance at the window gives the Spring its name.
Say something about this sight, my friends, without which
neither the garden would have colour, nor the tavern have a name.
Again the eye fills with the scent of flowers, again the heart is lit with a leaping flame;
Imagination exults, and hesitating no longer, rejoins this happy company again.
Romance is a trick to set the tongues of the world wagging,
now even those with angel faces must keep their tresses tamed.
No beloved will now declare her desire openly
for where is the lover who is not defamed?
Praise to the naysayers! for by their grace
the drunkard, bartender, wine, cask and shotglass have their fame.
Those with the gardens say to us, “You, out there,
why don’t you give your wilderness a pretty name?”
Faiz, they demand faith from us now, who
would rather be outsiders than bear a lover’s name.
Not Faiz’s greatest ghazal, perhaps, but one I’m fond of, if only for those two glorious couplets at the end. I’ve tried to emulate the pattern of end rhymes (though without a refrain), though obviously this has meant taking some luxuries with the text.

jab tassawar mera chupke se tujhe choo aaye
apni har sans se mujhko ter KHUSHBOO aaye

mashghala ab hai mera chnd ko taktte rehna
raat bhar chain na mujhko kisi pehloo aaye

pyaar ne hum mein koi farq na chorha baqi
jheel mein aks to mera ho nazar tu aaye

jab kabhi gardish e dauran ne sattaya mujhko
meri jaanib tere phaile huye baazoo aaye

jab bhi socha ke shab e hijjar na ho gi roshan
mujhko samjhane teri yaad ke jugnu aaye

uss ke lehje ka assar to hai badi baat QATEEL
wo to aankhon se bhi karta hua jadoo aaye

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