This morning I was thinking, aimlessly, and recalled a couple of sher's from Ghalib's ghazal:
कोई दीन गर जिंदगानी और है,
अपने दील में हमने ठानी और है,
आतीश-ए-दोज़ख में वो गर्मी कहाँ,
सोज़-ए-ग़म-हा-ए नीहानी और है.
Koi din gar zindagaani aur hai,
Apne dil meiN hamne thaani aur hai,
Aatish-e-dozakh meiN wo garmi kahaN,
Soz-e-gham-haa-e niha-nee aur hai.
[In simple words,
If I have a few more days to live,
I have some different plans in my heart.
The fires of Hell don't have that heat,
which I feel in the heat of unknown sorrows. ]
And I thought it's so wonderful to have poetry and songs to fall back on when you think life is not going as it should or when you are sad, actually the right word would be melancholy, even without a reason. This second sher used to be one of my favorites during a period of my life when I was not happy with my daily routine, my work and the overall direction of my career. Not so now, but I still think it's a beautiful sher!
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