Saturday, August 02, 2008

Coming to a formal feeling


Na leke jaao...


Do chaar zulm gar aur kar kahin ho ke ho mera guzar

Hun jo jaan-balab ye chaaragar, tere hunar ka asar


Nigal gayee jinhen raat woh sawaabit kahin aur ke

Ab unke ghar mein dhoop hain na apne ghar hoga sahar


Kal tak jo tha hara-bhara jo ped tha yahin khada

Aaj dekha raakh-e-tar kahan yakeen huaa magar?


Jo sheesh mein dikhe mujhe woh main hi hun ya aur hai?

Jo sawaal ye khadaa kare mujhi mein hai ya digar?


Ye masaaib rozgaar ki ye shikan ye naraazgi

Shikaar-e-Dahr-e-talab huaa asvi tera mera shehar




2 comments:

Sheetal said...

Ye kaisi rukhsati hai, ye kya saleeka hai...

Tot, I love the sounds you've arranged in this line: Ye masaaib rozgaar ki ye shikan ye naraazgi

Dil halka hua ke nahin?

Shweta said...

Thanks Satal.
Not too concerned about this distant, limited grief.
Like (who was it that said?)-

Apni tho ab tamaam hui qayanaat-e-gum
Do ashq the jo deeda-e-tar se guzar gaye


What still bothers me is-

Ashq ponchaa hi thaa woh raahrou yaade aaye
Hudood-e-gum pe jo ab bhi kiye saudaa baithe hain