WORD OF THE DAY
qaht
- क़हत
- قحط
means
famine, drought
hai ab is māmūre meñ qaht-e-ġham-e-ulfat 'asad'
ham ne ye maanā ki dillī meñ raheñ khāveñge kyā
In this city there's a famine of love's aches today
What will I survive on if in dilli I now stay?
hai ab is mamure mein qaht-e-gham-e-ulfat 'asad'
hum ne ye mana ki dilli mein rahen khawenge kya
In this city there's a famine of love's aches today
What will I survive on if in dilli I now stay?
from the Ghazal "dost gham-KHwari mein meri sai farmawenge kya" by Mirza Ghalib
