jo pahle thaa vo ab manzar nahiiN hai
hamaaraa ghar hamaaraa ghar nahiiN hai
(manzar : a vision)
mere kaaNdhoN pe meraa sar hai lekin
kisii ke haath meN patthar nahiiN hai
Faraat-e-zindagii itnaa samajh le
yahaaN ko’ii Ali Asghar nahiiN hai
(Faraat : Euphrates; Ali Asghar : Youngest martyr at the battle of Karbala)
mahaktii haiN bahut yaadoN kii fasiileN
hamaaraa zehn ab banjar nahiiN hai
(fasiil : a low wall; zehn : mind; banjar : uninhabited)
jise dekho use baahar se dekho
ko’ii bhii zaat ke andar nahiiN hai
(zaat : self, being)
tumheN ye jang Khud laRnii paRegii
abaabiiloN kaa ab lashkar nahiiN hai
(abaabiil : A kind of small bird)
simaT hii jaayeNge paaNv hamaare
magar ham kyaa kareN, chaadar nahiiN hai
tamannaa but-garii kii kyaa ho puurii
tumhaare shah’r meN “Aazer” nahiiN hai
(but-garii : idol worship)
Kafeel Aazer