Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi

A thousand desires such as these
A thousand moments to set this night on fire
Reach out and you can touch them
You can touch them with your silences
You can reach them with your lust
Rivers mountains rain
Rain against a torrid hill’s cape
A thousand
A thousand desires such as these

I loved rain as a child
As a lost young man
Empty landscapes
Bleached by a tired sun
And then
And then suddenly it came
Like a dark unknown woman
Her eyes scorched my silences
Her body wrapped itself around me
Like a summer without end

Pause me hold me reach me
Where no man has gone
Crossing the seven seas
With the wings of fire
I fly towards nowhere
And you
Rivers mountains rain
Rain against a scorched landscape of pain


This poem is recited by Pritish Nandy along with Shubha Mudgal in the poignant title track of Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi.


The last scene of the movie Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi ,


The original poetry by Mirza Ghalib

Hazaron Khwaishe Aisi, Ki Har Khwaish Pe Dum Nikle,
Bohot Nikle Mere Armaan, Lekin Fir Bhi Kum Nikle,
Nikalna Khuldese Aadam Ka, Sunte Aaye Hai Lekin,
Bohot Beaabroo Hokar, Tere Kuche Se Hum Nikle

Mohabbat Main Nahin Hai, Fark Jeene Aur Marne Kaa,
Usi Ko Dekhkar Jeete Hai, Jis Kaafir Pe Dum Nikle

Khuda Ke Waaste Parda Nakabi Si Uttha Zaalim
Kahin Aisa Na Ho Yum Bhi Wohi Kaafir Sanam Nikle

Kaha Maikhane Ka Darwaaza Gaalib, Aur Kaha Waaiz,
Par Itna Jaante Hai, Kal Woh Jaata Tha Ke Hum Nikle.

Hazaron Khwaishe Aisi, Ki Har Khwaish Pe Dum Nikle,
Bohot Nikle Mere Armaan, Lekin Fir Bhi Kum Nikle