Urduwallahs ki taraf se aap sabhi ko naya saal mubarak. Naye saal ki ibteda karte hai maqbool Ghalib ke qalam se…
Ek brahman ne kaha hai ki ye saal accha hai…
zulm ki raat bahut jaldi dhalegi ab to..
aag chulhe me har ek roz jalegi ab to
bhookh ke maare koi baccha nahi royega..
chain ki neend har ek shaks yahan soyega
aandhi nafrat ki chalegi na kahin ab ke baras..
pyaar ki fasl ugaayegi zameen ab ke baras
hai yakeen ab na koi shor sharaba hoga..
zulm hoga na kahin khoon kharaba hoga
os aur dhoop ke sadme na sahega koi..
ab mere des me beghar na rahega koi
naye vaadon ka jo daala hai, wo jaal accha hai..
rehnumaaon ne kaha hai ki ye saal accha hai..
humko maalum hai jannat ki haqeeqat lekin
dil ke khush rakhne ko Ghalib ye khayal accha hai..
This ghazal is not by Ghalib. It appeared in the album Mirage sung by Jagjit Singh. The lyricist i guess is Sabir Dutt. Not sure. He took the lines from Ghalib’s ghazal and wrote further.
Thanks a lot for the clarification : ).
No one can understand better than me ….