ab bhalaa chhoR ke ghar kyaa karte

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ab bhalaa chhoR ke ghar kyaa karte
shaam ke vaqt safar kyaa karte

terii masruufiyateN jaante the
apne aane kii Khabar kyaa karte

(masruufiyateN : engagements)

jab sitaare hii nahiiN mil paaye
le ke ham shams-o-qamar kyaa karte

(shams-o-qamar : Sun and the Moon)

vo musaafir hii khulii dhuup kaa thaa
saaye phailaa ke shajar kyaa karte

(shajar : tree)

Khaak hii avval-o-aaKhir thahrii
kar (?) ke zarre ko gauhar kyaa karte

(Khaak : dust; avval-o-aaKhir : in the beginning and the end; zarre : particles; gauhar : jewels)

raaye pehle se hii banaa lii tuune
dil meN ab ham tere ghar kyaa karte

ishq ne saare saliiqe bakhshe
husn se kasb-e-hunar kyaa karte

(saliiqe : etiquettes; kasb-e-hunar : ?)

Parveen Shakir

Listen to an amazing rendition by Tina Sani below:

{ 12 comments… read them below or add one }

Sidra December 23, 2009 at 2:22 am

Your poetry collection is awesome, and its best always.

keep up good work, i am your very very regular reader.

Azeez Belgaumi December 27, 2009 at 11:45 am

It is simply beautiful.

Himanshu Sharma January 5, 2010 at 8:30 am

yaad aye to jaan jaye meri, na aye to jaan jaye,
wo aye to jaan jaye meri, na aye to jaan jaye,

tumhi ho dard to iski dava bhi tum hi se hai,
ye dil-e-bemar tum hi kaho ke ab kahan jaye,

tum gaye to khudayi bhi rooth chali mujhse,
suna hai khuda jaye wahin,”wo” jahan jaye,

teri yadon ko main ab tak bhula na paya hun,
na jane kab is dile se , teri zakhm ka nishaan jaye,

bas yahi dua hai tah-e-dil is ashiq-e-marasim ki,
“uski” khushboo meri har nazm main sama jaye………….

————- Himanshu Sharma “Marasim”

fawad ali shah January 10, 2010 at 8:56 pm

one of the best gazal . i really enjoy it>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>may her soul in peace ameen

ghazal February 6, 2010 at 10:34 am

beautiful poem

incidentally in the last verse: kasb means acquiring/acquisition and hunr means skill.

Imdad Umrani March 24, 2010 at 2:29 am

p.shakir is a marvolous poet…

rakhi April 3, 2010 at 3:33 am

dil ko chhoo gayi aapki sayari.. bahot qhoob.. darasal apni hi ek tasveer nazar ayi humeN.. yuN hi likhte rahiye.. may god bless u!!!

Dr. K. K. Rishi April 10, 2010 at 6:17 pm

Simply Marvellous!!

Shine May 18, 2010 at 10:43 pm

its very nice blog i found. lots of urdu shayari here . keep it up

Md Anus Ali June 9, 2010 at 12:31 am

KASB-E-HUNAR Earned Skill

Prerna Munshi July 7, 2010 at 2:40 am

Speechless…..it’s beautiful! :) :)

tahir October 21, 2010 at 1:27 am

rahoon mein na betho hawa tang kary ge
bichary hoy logon ke sada tang kary ge
mat chao kisi ko aghazy safar mein itna
bichary ga to us ke ik ik ada tang kary ge

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