Dejected, is this how the days would pass?
Posted: | Categories: poetry | Tags: Jaun Eliya, poetry, shayari
Here is a ghazal by the Urdu poet Jaun Eliya. You can read it in Hindi, Urdu and English in the original words here, with word meanings on highlight. Additionally, if you want to follow the pauses and the breaks that the poet himself makes while reciting it, you can check out this video of a mushaira in Dubai. I have been thinking about these lines for a while now. Below, I have done a translation of the ghazal in English, couplet-wise. Read more...