Thursday, September 4, 2014

Mohar



Vo zamaana aur tha
Jab dil ki galiyan maidaan hua karti thi

Vo zamaana aur tha
Jab dil ki galiyan maidaan hua karti thi

Ab toh surat-e-haal ye hai ki
Daraaron tak mei malba quaid hai

Daakhila toh muft hai magar iss
Tehes riyaasat ki murammat ke
Tamaam akhrajaat tumhare hain

Bhardo jo haami lakeeron ki daleelon ki
Bhardo jo haami lakeeron ki daleelon ki
Toh tamaam kaghazaat tumhare hain

Mai ye nahi kehti ki tabaah sheher mudh ke saans nahi bharte
Na ye munaasib kehna ki bevafa baaz dafa wafa nahi karte

Haan magar seelan se namm eeton se
Mehel banaane ke khwab tumhare hain

Zang quaid taaron se taaj bunn pao agar
Zang quaid taaron se taaj bunn pao agar

Toh baanh pe ghaat diye baaz toh kya
Moondi ankhon mei chipe surkhaab tumhare hain







Image courtesy: GypsyH , Deviant art

7 comments:

  1. I never knew that you are such an amazing poet. beautiful poetry Dipali

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  2. Dil khush ho gaya padh ke.. tumhari lafzon se nafaasat tapakti hai.. yun saleeke se kharoche shabd aur saheje lamhon ki khuraak jo tumhari shayri me wabasta hai uska vakai koi jawaab nahi!! Bahot hi umda!! :-)

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  3. Oopar wala comment padhke complex ho gaya, but okay. You are brilliant. Period.

    And this one, tumhari aawaaz mein suna do kabhi.

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  4. I waited for some time to find words and comment on this poem. But I failed. This is sheer brilliance. Matlab kisi aur hi level pe hai jaha tak jana aur usko samajhne ka safar hi bahut haseen hai.

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  5. @Naivin ji, aapki taareef apne aap mei itni haseen hoti hai ke insaan isse haasil karne bhar ke iraade se jaane kitni kavitaein likh baithe :D shukria
    @Saumya... Tumhara hukum sar aankhon par.
    @Aavika tum bhi kuch kamm nahi ho :* aur pata hai ye kavita bhi balliaraan se guzarte hue likhi thi, kuch roz pehle gai thi vahaan subah subah :) dusri kavita hai jo Ghalib ki Galiyon mei safar se nikal ke aayi hai ;)

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  6. After reading such amazing piece of poetry. I realized that I have to work thousand times more to reach this level. MAGNUM OPUS!

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  7. Thank you Suraj! Do share your poems! You can always get in touch with me via Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/poetrybyrida

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