Parveen Shakir > Poetry

vo to Khushbuu hai havaaoN meN bikhar jaayegaa

 

vo to Khushbuu hai havaaoN meN bikhar jaayegaa
mas'alaa phuul ka hai phuul kidhar jaayegaa

(mas'alaa : problem, issue)

ham to samjhe the ke ek zaKhm hai, bhar jaayegaa
kyaa Khabar thii ke rag-e-jaaN meN utar jaayegaa

(rag-e-jaaN : become veined, obstinate)

vo havaaoN kii tarah Khaanaa-bajaaN phirtaa hai
ek jhoNkaa hai jo aayegaa guzar jaayegaa

(Khaanaa-bajaaN : ruined and lifeless)

vo jab aayegaa to phir us kii rafaaqat ke liye
mausam-e-gul mere aaNgan meN Thaher jaayegaa

(rafaaqat : friendship; mausam-e-gul : season flower; aaNgan : courtyard)

aaKhirash vo bhii kahiiN ret pe baiThii hogii
teraa ye pyaar bhii dariyaa hai utar jaayegaa

(aaKhirash : ultimately; ret : sand)

 

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