Ahmad Faraz poems
Ahmad Faraz[Takhalus] (12 January 1931 - 25 August 2008 / Kohat / Pakistan)
Aa.Nkh se duur na ho dil se utar jaayegaa
- by Ahmad Faraz 35
aise chup hai.n ke ye manzil bhii ka.Dii ho jaiseteraa milanaa bhii judaa_ii ki gha.Dii ho jaise
apane hii saaye se har gaam laraz jaataa huu.N
raaste me.n ko_ii diivaar kha.Dii ho jaise
manzile.n duur bhii hai.n manzile.n nazadiik bhii hai.n
apane hii paao.n me.n zanjiir pa.Dii ho jaise
kitane naadaan hai.n tere bhulane vaale ke tujhe
yaad karane ke liye umr pa.Dii ho jaise
aaj dil khol ke roye hai.n to yuu.N Khush hai 'Faraz'
chand lamho.n kii ye raahat bhii ba.Dii ho jaise
Ab ke rut badalii to Khushbuu kaa safar dekhegaa kaun
- by Ahmad Faraz 33
ab ke rut badalii to Khushbuu kaa safar dekhegaa kaunzaKhm phuulo.n kii tarah mahake.nge par dekhegaa kaun
dekhanaa sab raqs-e-bismal me.n magan ho jaaye.nge
jis taraf se tiir aayegaa udhar dekhegaa kaun
vo havas ho yaa vafaa ho baat maharuumii kii hai
log to phal-phuul dekhe.nge shajar dekhegaa kaun
[maharuum=deprived; shajar=tree]
ham chiraaG-e-shab hii jab Thahare to phir kyaa sochanaa
raat thii kis kaa muqaddar aur sahar dekhegaa kaun
[chiraaG-e-shab=night lamp]
aa fasiil-e-shahar se dekhe.n Ganiim-e-shahar ko
shahar jalataa ho to tujh ko baam par dekhegaa kaun