लेखन

Although I'm not a believer of God, the overly mystical nature of this sher by Galib has amused me a lot. Two lines can have so much of meaning.. what did he exactly mean? nah thā kuchh to khudā thā, kuchh nah hotā to khudā hotā duboyā mujh ko hone ne, nah hotā maiñ to kyā hotā Translation: 1a) when there was nothing, then God was; if nothing existed, then God would exist 1b) when I was nothing, then God existed; if I were nothing, then God would exist 1c) when I was nothing, then I was God; if I were nothing, then I would be God 2a) 'being' drowned me; if I were not I, then what would I be? 2b) 'being' drowned me; if I did not exist, then what would I be? 2c) 'being' drowned me; if I were not I, then what would exist? 2d) 'being' drowned me; if I did not exist, then what would exist? 2e) 'being' drowned me; if I were not I, then so what? 2f) 'being' drowned me; if I did not exist, then so what? ( Translation by FW Pritchett )

This can be called " do takke ki shaayari" but really I enjoyed it: kehte hai ishq me neend ud jaatii hai kaash humse bhi koi mohobbat kare kambakht neend bohot aati hai.. There are few more of this kind in this movie.. but some of them(mostly borrowed from reputed shaayars) are really good. See this, insaan ki khwaahish ki bhi koi hudd nahi, do gaz zamin chaahiye, ..do gaz kafan ke baad. One more, masjid me sharaab pine de ghalib, ya wo jagah bataa, jahaa khuda na ho