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Ghazal · Altaf Hussain Hali

گھر ہے وحشت خیز اور بستی اجاڑ Ghar hai wahshat-khez aur basti ujaad

Ghazal by Altaf Hussain Hali الطاف حسین حالی (1837–1914) · 4 couplets

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گھر ہے وحشت خیز اور بستی اجاڑ

ہو گئی ایک اک گھڑی تجھ بن پہاڑ

Ghar hai wahshat-khez aur basti ujaad

Ho gayi ek ik ghadi tujh bin pahaad

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ہے پہنچنا اپنا چوٹی تک محال

اے طلب نکلا بہت اونچا پہاڑ

Hai pahunchna apna choti tak muhaal

Ai talab nikla bahut ooncha pahaad

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دل نہیں روشن تو ہیں کس کام کے

سو شبستاں میں اگر روشن ہیں جھاڑ

Dil nahin raushan to hain kis kaam ke

Sau shabistan mein agar raushan hain jhaad

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کھیت رستے پر ہے اور رہرو سوار

کشت ہے سرسبز اور نیچی ہے باڑ

Khet raste par hai aur rahrau sawar

Kisht hai sarsabz aur neechi hai baad

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Source: Kulliyat-e-Hali, Ghazaliyat

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About this ghazal

A ghazal in the unusual rhyme "-aad" (ujaad, pahaad, jhaad): without the beloved the house is frightening and the town deserted, and every hour feels like a mountain. Hali turns the image outward to the steep climb of ambition and the emptiness of a lit hall when the heart itself is dark. 5 couplets of the original are not included here.

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