Faiz Ahmed Faiz ghazal from film Janwar, filmed on Rajshree and Shammi Kapoor. Playback singers are Asha Bhosle and Mohammed Rafi, and music is by Shankar Jaikishan.
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The translation of the first four lines by Sarvat Rahman will give the reader an idea of the depth and beauty of the ghazal.
Last night, your long-lost memory came back to me as though
Spring stealthily should come to a forsaken wilderness
A gentle breeze its fragrance over burning deserts blow
Or, all at once be soothed somehow the sick soul’s distress.
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