Another Miir Ghazal :)

Color Record No. 48, Side A:

Here’s a very famous Ghazal  J

raah-e duur-e ‘ishq meN rotaa hai kyaa

aage aage dekhiye hotaa hai kyaa

qaafile meN subH ke ik shor hai

ya’ani Ghaafil ham chale sotaa hai kyaa

sabz hotii hii nahiiN yih sar zamiiN

tuKhm-e Khvaahish dil meN tuu botaa hai kyaa

yih nishaan-e ‘ishq haiN jaate nahiiN

daaGh chhaatii ke ‘abas dhotaa hai kyaa

Ghairat-e yusuf hai yih vaqt-e ‘aziiz

:Miir: is ko raa’igaaN khotaa hai kyaa