Meg Index | January 2002 Index

Date: 29-Jan-2002
Poet: Qateel Shifai


mai.n ne puuchaa pahalaa patthar mujh par kaun uThaayegaa
aa_ii ik aavaaz ki tuu jis kaa mohasin kahalaayegaa

[mohasin = benefactor/patron]

puuchh sake to puuchhe ko_ii ruuTh ke jaane vaalo.n se
roshaniyo.n ko mere ghar kaa rastaa kaun bataayegaa

logo mere saath chalo tum jo kuchh hai vo aage hai
piichhe mu.D kar dekhane vaalaa patthar kaa ho jaayegaa

din me.n ha.Nsakar milane vaale chehare saaf bataate hai.n
ek bhayaanak sapanaa mujh ko saarii raat Daraayegaa

mere baad vafaa kaa dhokaa aur kisii se mat karanaa
gaalii degii duniyaa tujh ko sar meraa jhuk jaayegaa

** Compare the above sher with Qateel Shifai's own words:

vo meraa dost hai saare jahaa.N ko hai maaluum
daGaa kare vo kisii se to sharm aaye mujhe


suukh ga_ii jab in aa.Nkho.n me.n pyaar kii niilii jhiil 'Qateel'
tere dard kaa zard samandar kaahe shor machaayegaa