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अपनी अना ............. तहसीन हम ने की।

In this poem poet's frustration is evident in not getting the love from one he loved. So to satisfy his ego he is insulting her beauty and choosing the words to hurt her the most.He also displays his love for her by mentioning of his truthfulness for not indulging with another woman even when he has the opportunity. He said that by showing her his that side he let her cry over heart’s death and at that moment he didn’t console her. He went to roam around the river alone. Lonely praising the beauty of nature without her.

देखा है ज़िंदगी ............ रहा हो रक़ीब से।

Sahir Ludhianvi is telling the reality of life with his experience. He says that he has watched life so closely that all people appears strange to him which means he has experienced double faced nature,dishonesty,betrayal so closely in his life that he didn’t trust anybody. He says the current time is sleeping even on messenger’s call which means most of us are indifferent to this situation. In third stanza he asserts that patients are complaining about their crawling life to doctors. It is better to die than to live this way. He satirically said that crowd of lovers are waiting at each step without knowing slaughter house and beloved’s home is on the same way implies that they are ready to die by falling in love. In last stanza again he complains about life by saying that life has stayed with him like a rival opposing him in every step. 

ज़िंदगी बे-साएबाँ ............. ऐसी न थी।

Parveen Shakir is a celebrated woman ghazal writer who write about love,separation,romanticism, etc from the point of view of women/girls. In this one too she is sharing feeling of separation from her lover which she describes as being abandoned. Life was not roofless,homeless like that she laments. She said that separation has diverted their direction otherwise they were happy together. He has changed so much for her that her mistrust has increased. She was a mere Jasmine flower when she met him but now have changed a lot after this separation. Pain & longing is evident in this ghazal.

अपना ग़म ले ........ बच्चे को हसाया जाए।

Nida Fazli wrote this ghazal after Bombay riots of 1992. He says in the first stanza that where to go with your sorrows lets decorate our scattered homes now which means forget what has happened and come together to mend the broken thread of trust. He further adds that those who are for peace and non-violence must be protected by everyone. People fear to die themselves so they decide to create troubles for others by living some more days. He said that there are some rule and manners to visit the garden which include not to fly away the butterflies this could be compared to disturbing the peaceful atmosphere of a city by throwing away its inhabitant which are equally necessary for its beauty and sustenance. You don’t need a reason to cry in such a indifferent city where no one is there to listen to you. He ended it by emphasizing that bringing a smile to the face of crying child is important than offer your prayer in any mosque. God is happy with the service of mankind.

"You need a break!........................your life on stake.

We all sometimes feels that our work has ruined everything belongs to us,we remain so busy that we don't get time for our family,friends and even for ourselves. With friends we can sometime interact on social networks but for ourselves we do nothing. We curse our life and wants a break. But stop and think for a while about those who are devoid of any kind of work inspite of willingness to do so. And for a country like us it is important to have work hard for it's betterment. Don't try to be idle but manage your time to balance both work and personal life. For one who is eligible for any kind of hardships nothing is impossible, as a hindi song says "himmat kare insaan to kya kaam hai mushkil",but it is also true that no work is important than your health and yourself. So as i say in the second last line of this poem,do  take some short breaks,goodbye for now,we will meet again after a break.

"अब तो घबरा के ये कहते हैं कि मर जाएंगे,

मर गए पर न लगा जी तो किधर जाएँगे।"

This is a famous ghazal by Ibrahim Zauq. In the above given first couplet poet is frustrated with his life and wanted to die but on the second thought he questions himself that what will he do if he would not get peace even after death. This situation and reason behind these thoughts get elaborated further,he told that he is ready to die and his beloved should not stop him to do so,his wounds are such that are not able to heal with any medicine except love. He founds it difficult to reach to the way to her beloved as her relatives are sinful to be ashamed even by fire of hell and stop her to meet him for the sake of their blood relations. She is so beautiful that Sun and moon also envy her. In last couplet he said that his love is like worship of god and to learn this kind of devotion learned in seminaries should send to tavern to lovers like him to learn that art of love.