Baad Muddat...Ghazal

Baad muddat unhe dekh kar yun laga..jaise betaab dil ko qaraar aa gaya.
(Link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SA0ett8WVBc)

This lovely ghazal sung by Jagjit and Chitra Singh is very special, because two of my classmates at Bangalore sang it in an All India Radio program that our team presented. They sang it flawlessly (Gopal Bhat and Deepika Nath), and I remember that ghazal mainly because of them.

I compered the show, my first (and last) attempt at doing a show on air! I was interviewed once by a Nagpur channel about Management Education much later, but that was nothing compared to that earlier experience.

A Lovely Ghazal by Ahmed Faraz

Ranjish hi sahi dil hi dukhane ke liye aa
Aa phir se mujhe chhod ke jaane ke liye aa

Kuch to mere pindar-e-mohabbat (pride in my love) ka bharam rakh
Tu bhi to kabhi mujhko manaane ke liye aa

Pehle se marasim na sahi phir bhi kabhi to
Rasm-o-reh-e-duniya hi nibhaane ke liye aa

Kis kis ko bataayenge judaai ka sabab hum
Tu mujhse khafaa hai, toh zamaane ke liye aa

Ek umr se hun lazzat-e-giriyan (luxury of crying) se bhi mehroom (deprived)
Ai raahat-e-jaan mujhko rulaane ke liye aa

Ab tak dil-e-khushfaham ko tujhse hai ummeeden
Yeh aakhri shammein bhi bujhaane ke liye aa


This a classic by Faraz sung by many ghazal singers- Jagjit's version is well-known. Found it in a collection of Urdu poets.