Kocha Sakhn – Express Urdu

Ghazal
Don’t wake up from a sad story with meaning
Whoever raised the storm was raised with tears
Life has passed in the worship of flames
Now a dance of cracks, rose from the flame!
There is only a stone of blame, not a lamp in the foothills
The burden of colorless youth lifted from youth
The one who entrusted the life once again to you
Such a character arose from the story of Murray Haqq
Pick the dead remains under the rubble
A fresh body rose from my sign
Ishq took the curves gradually
This whirlpool did not arise from the flow of the river
(Hamza Hashmi. Lahore)

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Ghazal
The needs of those who died in horror have been fulfilled
The noise is dead now
My lips were full for the sake of loyalty
And now this error has finally been heard
I have always sought His blessings
I have been blessed with a daughter by him
When will these intelligent people know?
This ritual is done by the head
Your request has become my path now
Your dedication is my guide now
This series is beyond doubt
This is even more slanderous now
People get luxury and prosperity
Why have we been punished by Hayat Sajid?
(Sheikh Muhammad Sajid. Lahore)

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Ghazal
Be fair to the tribe, catch the offender
If justice is to be done, catch the leader
If you hold the wall, you will avoid falling
Whoever said this, hold on to the wall
Why have you put on a two-sided spectacle?
Either get the throne or grab the gallows
Feel the pleasure of touch
So reach out and hold someone sick
The truth of the writer will be revealed to you
Just grab the character from below written by him
Lalkar, listen to me now
Now grab Haider-i-Karar’s sword
You will be disgraced in imitation of Aghiar
Catch the thoughts left behind by the ancestors
(Javid Jaddon. Islamabad)

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Ghazal
After all, friends are friends
They are defined as life
Seeing you, your crazy
They are like a garden and a spring
Earlier people used to do it with arrows
Now words are used
Who is in this mansion?
You are crying
Avoiding sorrows with prayers
There are thousands of such people
You who are away from the eyes
We are very indecisive
This is the demand of nature
Flowers are accompanied by thorns
(Asad Raza Sahar. Ahmad Porsial)

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Ghazal
Sad eyes filled with tears
When I lost hope, my eyes were full
Which leaves are scattered in the winds
The flowers in the ghazal filled my eyes
Then once again head to the plains of Arzoon
The seeds that time sowed came to the eye
The colors that were scattered in the nearby treasures
The eyes filled with the scents
But everyone laughed at the body blows
When the thorn pricked the heart, the eyes filled
The Amberin did not come to China crying to us
The memory of lapat filled my eyes when I fell asleep
(Anbreen Khan. Lahore)

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Ghazal
I keep feelings in a corner of my heart
I keep my courage alive in love
The desert is lonely, there is no shade and no water in it
I still keep a house for the emigrants
My mother is Eve, so I value a woman very much
Adam is the father of love
If you invite me to the party, I will tell you
The language that I hold is more than taunts and insults
Who put the sound of hatred in the ears?
I have signs of desire among my friends
Mother’s cloak covers me in the sun
Father is alive, so I keep a shop of dreams
I have no greed for any friend
When do I put interest and loss in front of love?
(Ahmed Hijazi, Liaquatpur District, Rahim Yar Khan)

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Ghazal
Sadness of helplessness
The sorrow of life will kill us
Why do you have to see me everyday?
Someone’s sorrow when you are
The Euphrates continues from the eye
And there is the sorrow of thirst in the heart
The night is like this the dreams
As he has the sorrow of light
We have attachment to man
When someone has everyone’s sorrow
The pain flares up again
Whenever I suffer the pain of happiness
(Saif Ali Adeel. Islamabad)

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Ghazal
Owner! Now even further, that’s done
Separated from the house, went down into the well
How many senses there is in the world of dreams and imaginations
Whatever color he wanted, he filled in his story
There were freedoms, there was joy, there was spring
Then one day your desire stopped
There are sacrifices in every great goal
How Din-e-Mabeen took Bahadur’s head
There were many ways of escape, O life of pain
Your stability was not responsible, but taken
How does the heart like that in Dahar?
By giving, he took the enjoyment of a lifetime of fruitless grief
Never scattered in this way of employment
I remembered that my mother made hair, she took it
(Zubair Hamza. Fort Didar Singh)

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Ghazal
With what intention have they come out?
Sadness that has come out of the face
Then he lit the lamps
When you come out of the dark.
Life for your support
We have come out of old age
Where will you find protection now?
We who have come out of the cage
So that even the walls can talk
We also left the room
Shajra Shafi will tell you what
who came out of the tribe.
(Bilal Shafi. Jaranwala, Faisalabad)

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Ghazal
Our eyes cry every moment in separation
This fruit of faithfulness makes our eyes cry
As much as we ever spent in your proximity
Remembering them often brings tears to our eyes
We are swallowed daily by the merciless tyrant
The swamp of your thought, our eye weeps
He said whenever we asked him to come and meet us
He said, “Always tomorrow, our eyes cry.”
In someone’s memory, Rahal Koi cried with open heart
Our eyes weep that the desert has become a scorched earth
(Ali Rahal, Borewala. Punjab)

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Ghazal
If you want a lamp, keep it lit
Keep me as your idol
I have faith in you forever
Just be faithful to me in life
You have made promises to me
Keep your promises
We have the blessings of the Lord
Thank you Lord forever
These birds will also chew the grain
You call these birds
Do you have fringes or something?
Keep your senses open
(Ahmed Masood Qureshi, Multan)

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