वसूलता है साकी दाम उस जाम के
जो उसने मुझे पिलाया ही नहीं ।१।
रही हसरत कभी रूठ कर देखूँ मैं भी
कभी किसी ने मनाया ही नहीं ।२।
है धूप बहुत, कठिन है राह मगर
उसकी ज़ुल्फ़ का साया ही नहीं ।३।
मत दे इलज़ाम मुझे लापरवाही का
क्या खोता उसे, कभी पाया ही नहीं ।४।
क्या मनाता है रंज अमित उस जज़्बे का
जो उसने कभी निभाया ही नहीं ।५।
In response to: Reena’s Exploration Challenge #106
Playing with words 
Exquisitely beautiful! This is one of your best poems.
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Thanks Reena !!!
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English Translation
I’m presented a bill
for a drink I did not have
I nurse a dream to turn away
Just that no one looks my way
I walk in deserts – tanned, sunburnt
Shade of tresses – I do not have
Don’t accuse me of carelessness
I can’t lose what I’ve never had.
Why grieve unacknowledged emotions
unreal dreams I once carved?
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Thanks… this is a delightful piece…
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The setting has changed slightly – cool, contemporary ghazal narrator 😀😀
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🙂 🙂 🙂
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Have composed a number of new Ghazals in past few days… you may want to check them out…
पूछूँगा-तुम-से
दस्तक़
बाकी-रहता-मुझमें
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Reblogged this on Reena Saxena and commented:
Kabhi Paya hi nahin (I never had it) — by hecblogger
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बहुत ही सुंदर।
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धन्यवाद् !
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Welcome.
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I agree.
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