Meg Index | July 2003 Index

Date: 18-Jul-2003
Poet: Ali Sardar Jafri


kaam ab ko_ii na aayegaa bas ik dil ke sivaa
raaste band hai.n sab kuuchaa-e-qaatil ke sivaa

baa_is-e-rashq hai tanhaaravii-e-rah_rau-e-shauq
ham_safar ko_ii nahii.n duurii-e-manzil ke sivaa

[baa_is-e-rashq = cause for envy]
[tanhaaravii-e-rah_rau-e-shauq = the solitude of the path leading to one's desires]

ham ne duniyaa kii har ik shai se uThaayaa dil ko
lekin ik shoKh ke hangaamaa-e-mahafil ke sivaa

teG munsif ho jahaa.N daar-o-rasan ho.n shaahid
begunaah kaun hai us shahar me.n qaatil ke sivaa

[munsif = judge; darr-o-rasan = gallows and noose; shaahid = witness]

jaane kis rang se aa_ii hai gul_shan me.n bahaar
ko_ii naGmaa hii nahii.n shor-e-silaasil ke sivaa

[shor-e-silaasil = loud noise of leg irons]