Saturday, September 05, 2009

Shaayad...

Ahed-e-masti hai
log kehte hain

Mai-parasti hain
log kehte hain

(I think the 4 lines together means, the worship of wine aka mai promises enjoyment...Its a complicated and unusual combination of urdu words, not usually found together)

Shaayad ek baar ujad ke naa base
Shaayad ek baar ujad ke naa base
Dil ki basti hain, log kehte hain....

(These lines are the killer ones)

2 comments:

Unknown said...

pls explain the killer lines too for the poverty peepal.

Murali said...

"Maybe the one road/settlement which cannot be restored/renovated after its destruction, is that of the heart"

Ujad = destruction
base (read as ba say) = restoration/settling down

Super metaphor n all. I'm assuming the poet means, when bad love is done destroying the heart it can't be repaired (easily)