Wednesday, February 24, 2010

fana o baqa

chup chaap rahey dekhte tumhari janab mein
ghairon pe nazr e kar'm rahi lutf e shabab mein

safaid o syah ki bheer mein utthi yeh ik sada
koi toh ho jo rung bharey dil ki kitab mein

gar zindagi k taar ulajh jayein bhi toh kya
likh do tamam uljhanein meray hisaab mein

aayeenay ka aks fareb o makar na ho
kabhi rung apna dekh aks e sharaab mein

keh ker k haal e dil woh muntazir rahey
k hum bhi kahein unhi ka qaseeda jawab mein

Ghalib ki pairvi mein hoon shaida e yaar e dost
mashghool e haq hoon bandagi e Bu Turab mein

3 comments:

A. Joe said...

i will not even pretend to understand that

Hasni Khan said...

you not understanding it is one thing. you making it sound as if that's my fault and that in writing what i wrote i somehow sinned against your intellect, is quite another.

A. Joe said...

tis your writing. you would not have written it had you felt you had sinned. or maybe you would have. you never know.