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Date: 22-Sep-99
Poet: Shakeb Jalali

murjhaa ke kaalii jhiil me.n girate huye bhii dekh
suuraj huu.N meraa ra.ng magar din Dhale bhii dekh

kaaGaz kii katarane ko bhii kahate hai.n log phuul
ra.ngo.n kaa aitabaar hii kyaa suu.Ngh ke bhii dekh

har cha.nd raakh hoke bikharanaa hai raah me.n
jalate huye paro.n se u.Daa huu.N mujhe bhii dekh

tuune kahaa na thaa ki mai.n kashtii pe bojh huu.N
aa.Nkho.n ko ab na Dhaa.Np mujhe Duubate bhii dekh

tuu hii barahanaa-paa nahii.n is jalatii ret par
talavo.n me.n jo havaa ke hai.n vo aabale bhii dekh

[barahanaa-paa = naked feet; aabale = blisters]

i.nsaan naachataa hai yahaa.N putaliyo.n ke ra.ng
duniyaa me.n aa gayaa hai to is ke maze bhii dekh

bichhatii thii.n jis kii raah me.n phuulo.n kii chaadare.n
ab us kii Khaak ghaas ke pairo.n tale bhii dekh

kyaa shaaKh-e-baa-samar hai jo takataa hai farsh ko
nazare.n uThaa "Shakeb" kabhii saamane bhi dekh

[shaaKh-e-baa-samar = fruit laden branch]