Guftagu

NS Rajan

WOH:    “Manzil mil hi jayegi bhatakte huye hi sahi

                  Gumraah tho woh hai jo ghar se nikle hi nahi”

वो :    “मंजिल  मिल  ही  जाएगी  भटकते  हुए  ही  सही 

                  गुमराह  थो  वो  है  जो  घर  से  निकले  ही  नहीं ”

HUM:   Kush naseeb hai hum jo ghar se nikle hi nahi

                Lo aayee hai manzil darwaaza katkataate hue

हम :   कुश  नसीब  है  हम  जो  घर  से  निकले  ही  नहीं 

                लो  आयी  है  मंजिल  दरवाज़ा  कट कटाते  हुए 

WOH:  “Ke har shaks tujh sa kush naseeb kahan

                Ek umar beet gayi manzil ki talash mein”

वो :  “के  हर  शख्स  तुझ  सा  कुश  नसीब  कहाँ 

                एक  उम्र  बीत  गयी  मंजिल  की  तलाश  में ”

HUM:   Manzil hai tithli ki tarah wajd mein aati hai kahaan

                Dil se mehsoos karo aur mehmaan banjaati hai woh

हम :   मंजिल  है  तितली  की  तरह  वज्द  में  आती  है  कहाँ 

                दिल  से  महसूस  करो  और  मेहमान  बनजाती  है  वोह 

Conversation

SHE: I will surely find my destination after much wandering may be, but the truly lost is the one who’s yet to step out of his home.

ME: Thank God, my friend, that I haven’t ventured out. Lo, I can hear destiny knocking on my door!

SHE: Not all are fortunate like you, my dear. My whole life, alas,  has gone by in search of my destiny.

ME: Destiny, my friend, is like a butterfly, way beyond our grasp. Let your soul quest for it, and it shall reside and reveal the way

( Guftagu stands for a conversation, a dialogue or an interaction. I received the first couplet “Manzil mil hi jayega..” through an sms from a friend, and I couldnt resist a repartee “Kush naseeb hai…” which in turn evoked the next…Urdu can never be translated to reveal the lyrical soulfulness and my transliteration is indeed a poor apology, just to serve my friends who may not be familiar with this poetic lingua franca)

( Inseparable_Madrid: I recall clicking this photograph of two lovely tulips, almost seeming to be in an inseparable intimate conversation with each other)