Meg Index | February 2004 Index

Date: 03-Feb-2004
Poet: Parveen Shakir

paa-ba-gil sab hai.n rihaa_ii kii kare tadabiir kaun 
dast-bastaa shahar me.n khole merii zanjiir kaun 

[rihaa_ii = freedom; tadabiir = solution/way]
[dast-bastaa = tied hands]

meraa sar haazir hai lekin meraa munsif dekh le 
kar rahaa hai mere fard-e-jurm kii tahariir kaun 

[munsif = judge; fard-e-jurm = tale of guilt]
[tahariir = writing]

aaj darvaazo.n pe dastak jaanii pahachaanii sii hai
aaj mere naam laataa hai merii taaziir kaun

[taaziir = punishment]

niind jab Khvaabo.n se pyaarii ho to aise ahad me.n 
Khvaab dekhe kaun aur Khvaabo.n ko de taabiir kaun 

[ahad = era/times]

ret abhii pichhale makaano.n kii na vaapas aa_ii thii 
phir lab-e-saahil gharaundaa kar gayaa taamiir kaun 

[lab-e-saahil = on the shoreline; taamiir = construct]

saare rishte hijrato.n me.n saath dete hai.n to phir 
shahar se jaate hue hotaa hai daaman_giir kaun 

merii chaadar to chhinii thii shaam kii tanhaa_ii ne 
beridaa_ii ko merii phir de gayaa tashahiir kaun 

dushmano.n ke saath mere dost bhii aazaad hai.n 
dekhanaa hai khe.nchataa hai mujh pe pahalaa tiir kaun