Meg Index | July 2001 Index

Date: 27-Jul-2001
Poet: Bashir Badr


siyaahiyo.n ke bane harf harf dhote hai.n
ye log raat me.n kaaGaz kahaa.N bhigote hai.n

[siyaahii = ink; harf = words (letters of the alpahabet)]

kisii kii shah me.n dahaliiz par diyaa na rakho
kivaa.D suukhii hu_ii laka.Diyo.n ke hote hai.n

[dahaliiz = threshold; kivaa.D = door; laka.Dii = wood]

charaaG paanii me.n maujo.n se puuchhate ho.nge
vo kaun log hai.n jo kashtiyaa.N Dubote hai.n

[charaaG = lamp; mauj = wave; kashtii = boat]

qadiim qasbo.n me.n kyaa sukuun hotaa hai
thake thakaaye hamaare buzurg sote hai.n

[qadiim = old; sukuun = peace; buzurg = elders]

chamakatii hai kahii.n sadiyo.n me.n aa.Nsuo.n kii zamii.n
Gazal ke sher kahaa.N roz roz hote hai.n