Meg Index | March 2002 Index

Date: 01-Mar-2002
Poet: Shahbaz Naqvi


ajanabii cheharo.n me.n ik meraa shanaasaa meraa dil
Dhuu.NDhataa phirataa hai ko_ii apane jaisaa meraa dil

[shanaasaa = known]

ankahe jazbo.n kii kitanii daastaane.n kah gaye
khoyii khoyii terii aa.Nkhe.n royaa-royaa meraa dil

shahar kii viiraa.N sa.Dak par jalatii bujhatii raushanii
apane hone yaa na hone kaa tamaashaa meraa dil

hijr ke saharaa me.n terii yaad kaa u.Dataa Gubaar
ik musaafir be-sar-o-saamaan-o-tanhaa meraa dul

daaman-e-dariyaa me.n kuu.Njo.n ke utarane kii sadaa
Dubate suuraj kaa manzar Thaharaa-Thaharaa meraa dil

[kuu.Njo.n = a type of bird]

be-hamiiyat zindagaanii be-sadaa apanaa lahuu
karb ke lamho.n ke haatho.n zaKhm sahataa meraa dil

[be-hamiiyat = shameless; karb = sorrow/anguish]