Tarqash - II

Though I did intend to share more excerpts from Tarqash, BTR and Cuckoo have urged me to do so - the sooner the better :-)

But before I come to that, I want to share something that would interest most of the people who come to my blog -
Anyone who has the slightest, passing, interest in hindi movies, would not have failed to listen to the immortal song from the movie 'Silsila' - "Mai.n aur meri tanhaaii". Did you know that the following lines used in this song are from Akhtar's poem 'Banjara' [quoted in previous post]:
Tum hotii to kaisaa hota
Tum yeh kahti, tum woh kahti
Tum is baat pe hairran hoti, tum us baat pe kitni hansti
Tum hoti to aisa hota, tum hoti to vaisa hota.

And the following lines form a 'Qataa' [Qataa is a composition consiting of four lines, as opposed to a 'sher', which consists of two lines]:
Katthaii aankho.n wali ek ladki
Ek hi baat pe bigaDti hai
Tum mujhe kyu.n nahi.n mile pahle
Roz kah kar mujhse laDti hai

And finally, a few 'ashaar' from some of the ghazals:

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Baato.n mei.n dosti ka amrit, siine mei.n zahar nafrato.n ka
Parbat pe phool khil rahe hai.n baitha hai gaar mei.n darinda

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Jo mujhko zinda jala rahe hai.n woh bekhabar hai.n
Ki meri zanjeer dhire dhire pighal rahi hai

Mai.n qatl to ho gaya tumhari gali mei.n lekin
Mere lahoo se tumhari diivar gal rahi hai

Na jalne paate the jinke jiske choolhe bhi har savere
Suna hai kal raat se woh basti bhi jal rahi hai

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Khwab ke gaanv mei.n pale hai.n ham
Paani chhalni mei.n le chale hai.n ham

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Cheers
Have a great weekend!!