Meg Index | December 2000 Index

Date: 01-Dec-2000
Poet: Midahtul Akhtar

aag puurii kahaa.N bujhii hai abhii
diidaa-e-tar me.n tishnagii hai abhii

[diidaa-e-tar = wet eyes/eyes filled with tears]
[tishnagii = thirst]

dosto.n se chukaa rahaa huu.N hisaab
dushmano.n se kahaa.N Thanii hai abhii

dost kah kar mujhe na de gaalii
dil pe ik zaKhm-e-dostii hai abhii

kaaT de ye bhii Khud_parastii me.n
aur tho.Dii sii zindagii hai abhii

[Khud_parastii = egoistic]

jaane kyo.n kund ho gayaa nashtar
zaKhm kii dhaar to vahii hai abhii

[kund = blunt/ineffectual; nashtar = knife]