گر زندگی میں مل گئے پھر اتفاق سے
پوچھیں گے اپنا حال تری بے بسی سے ہم
ساحر لدھیانوی –
gar zindagi mein mil gaye phir ittefaaq se
puuchhenge apna haal tiri bebasi se hum
– Sahir Ludhianvi
ग़र ज़िन्दगी में मिल गये फिर इत्तेफाक से
पूछेंगे अपना हाल तिरी बेबसी से हम
– साहिर लुधियानवी
Photo by Govardhan on Unsplash
If in this life we meet again through fate
I’ll ask your helplessness to narrate my state.
Tang aa chuke hain kashmkash-e-zindagi se hum… We all know that this ghazal by Sahir was used in the movie Pyasa. It was sung by Mohammad Rafi for actor and director Gurudutt, who played the role of a struggling poet trying to make his works known in post-independence India.
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