Anshuman Chandra composes and performs his own melodies for ghazals, including a recording of this ghazal by Shakeel Badayuni, which can be heard on the WLT website. He is also a member of the South Asian band sifar1. He studied Urdu under Hamida Banu Chopra and has collaborated on translations of the poets Sahir Ludhyanvi, Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Shakeel Badayuni, and Sha’ir Lakhnavi.
Ghazal
Shakeel Badayuni
My heart longs to go beyond the obsession of love,and find joy in a new session of love.
Love drowned me in its tidesbut my heart hopes that was a mere dig…