Contemporary Literary Review India | eISSN 2394-6075 | Vol 5, No 3: CLRI August 2018
Vishal Hullar
Ghazal
Ghazal: Passage 1
Tilted the moon
moonlight was less
Honeymoon night
darkness was less
We did wear
sun on the eye
When in lamps
light was less
Hidden in guitar
music you have
Who does say
prayer was less
Who was talked about
who was mentioned
Day was short
night was less
She did ask
about the fragrance
When in roses
freshness was less
Ghazal: Passage 2
Distances have the niche
connections have the niche
In between us both
sequences have the niche
What insult to colour
what praise to thought
Fragrances have the niche
philosophies have the niche
Parted from the heart
are there else the fears
Of the forlorn night
lone roads have the niche
In the darkness deep
who owns the blinking eye
Sets of scenes of sunlight
mirrors have the niche
As are we as blessed
we do measure the path
Taverns have the niche
temples have the niche
To dream is as to rain
to lose the sense is gain
Dozing-s have the niche
stirrings have the niche
Ghazal: Passage 3
Sad in my sadness - you too
Thirst – dry desert - you too
Where I’m parted with your pious heart
Nearby the soul - you too
How can I bear someone middling
At last – very special - you too
I’m being searched for the sunny side
Hope of the broken sky - you too
Of all the blessings I’m the centre too
And the final prayer - you too
Kept I tied with all the lovely colours
Holding the pulse of spectacle - you too
Darling! yours idea - I too
And – mine parallel - you too
I the reason to your insight
Enlightened in my senses - you too
I, too, a flame of your inner self
My emotion, handhold - you too
Ghazal: Passage 4
Stop when I walk
with faster steps - never I do
As river water flows
but I know - never I do
Where you’re heading
searching for my extremes
Stuck to the place
after my mean - never I do
Lamps-n-fireflies
incensed, displeased
Light-up in dark
else is the matter - never I do
Some shady tree
amidst peopled place
Set that’s why
I’m not Sun - never I do
Moved I along
clouds, sunlight
Stay I not
inside deep seas - never I do