Meg Index | October 2001 Index

Date: 03-Oct-2001
Poet: Khalil ur Rahman Azmi


dil kii dil me.n na rah jaaye ye kahaanii kah lo
chaahe do harf likho chaahe zabaanii kah lo

[zabaanii = verbally]

mai.n ne marane kii duaa maa.Ngii vo puurii na hu_ii
bas is ko mere jiine kii kahaanii kah lo

sar_sar-e-vaqt u.Daa le ga_ii ruudaad-e-hayaat
vahii avaraaq jinhe.n ahad-e-javaanii kah lo

[sar_sar-e-vaqt = winds of time; rudaad-e-hayaat = tale of life]
[avaraaq = pages; ahad-e-javaanii = youthful period]

tum se kahane kii na thii baat magar kah baiThaa
ab ise merii tabiyat kii ravaanii kah lo

vahii ik qissaa zamaane ko meraa yaad rahaa
vahii ik baat jise aaj puraanii kah lo

ham pe jo guzarii hai bas us ko raqam karate hai.n
aap_biitii kaho yaa marsiyaa_Khvaanii kah lo

[raqam = write; aap_biitii = one's own experience]
[marsiyaa_Khvaanii = reading/singing a dirge]