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patthar

ret se but na banaa ai mere achchhe fankaar

(fankaar : artist)

ek lamhe ko Thahar, maiN tujhe patthar laa duuN
maiN tere saamane ambaar lagaa duuN lekin
kaun se rang kaa patthar tere kaam aayegaa
surKh patthar jise dil kahatii hai bedil duniyaa
yaa vo patthraa’ii hu’ii aaNkh kaa niilaa patthar
jis meN sadiiyoN ke tahayyur ke paRe hoN Dore

(tahayyur : astonishment)

tujhe Kho kar bhii tujhe paauuN jahaaN tak dekhuuN

tujhe Kho kar bhii tujhe paauuN jahaaN tak dekhuuN
husn-e-yazdaaN se tujhe husn-e-butaaN tak dekhuuN

(husn-e-yazdaaN : beauty of God; husn-e-butaaN : beauty of idols)

tuune yuuN dekhaa hai jaise kabhii dekhaa hii na thaa
maiN to dil meN tere qadmoN ke nishaaN tak dekhuuN

sirf is shauq meN puuchii haiN hazaaroN baateN
maiN teraa husn, tere husn-e-bayaaN tak dekhuuN

vaqt ne zehn meN dhundhlaa diye tere khadd-o-Khaal
yuuN to maiN TuuTte taaroN kaa dhuaaN tak dekhuuN

ab to shahroN se Khabar aatii hai diivaanoN kii

ab to shahroN se Khabar aatii hai diivaanoN kii
ko’ii pehchaan hii baaqii nahiiN viiraanoN kii

subh hote hii nikal aate haiN baazaar men log
gaThriyaaN sar pe uthaaye hu’e iimaanoN kii

apnii poshaak se hoshiyaar ke Khuddaam-e-qadiim
dhajjiyaaN maaNgte haiN apne gariibaanoN kii

(Khuddaam : attendant; qadiim : old)

san’ateN phailtii jaatii haiN magar iske saath
sarhadeN tuuTtii jaatii haiN gulistaanoN kii

unko kyaa fikr ke maiN paar lagaa ke Duubaa
bahes karte rahe saahil pe jo tuufaanoN kii