Do aarzuu Pey aur Do Intezaar pey

Hmmm,

Today It will be four years since I met Nidhi. Four loooooong years(or were they short??) coz we have been more away than close.

“Chaar Saal”.

Reminds me of a sher by Zafar. When he was in a prison in rangoon and was yearning for his home land, and freedom.

Looks like prison does something to shayars

Umr-e-daraaz(longlife) maang kar laaya tha chaar din

Do aarzu mey kat gaye, Do intezaar mey.

But again if there is “aarzu”, then there is faiz who also started writing in Prison BTW says

Nahii nigaah mey manzil to zustzu(effort) hi sahi,

Nahi visaal(meeting) mayassar(destined) toh aarzu hi sahi

Gar intezaar kathin hai toh jab talak ae dil

Kiisi key vaada-e-fardaa(promise breaking) ki guftguu(talks) hi sahi

So I guess a lot of life is going to be spent on “zustzu” and “aarzu” and some “intezaar” sprinkled in midst.

Just Hope that this doesn’t happen.

Zustzu jiski thi uusko toh na paaya humney

Iis bahaney sey magar dekh li duniya humney

Ha…ha…but that always happens isn’t it? Because aarzuu isn’s very much

different from “Khwahish”, and Ghalib writes,

Hazaaron khwaahishen aisi ki har khwaahish pey dum nikaley

Bahot nikaley merey armaan, lekin fir bhi kam naikaley.

And khwaahish is similar to “hasrat” So,

Uuski hasrat hai jiisey dil sey mita bhi na sakun

Dhhundhney uusko chala huun jisey paa bhi na sakun

And hasrat is also linked to “ummeeed”, as no aarzuu can be without ummeed, and this Sher beats them all

Sau sau ummeed bandhti hai, ek,ek, nigaah pey

Aisey naa mujhey pyaar sey dekha karey koi

Godspeed

Cogito Ergo Sum.