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raat eik mehfil meiN, guftgoo namu par thi

By stanvir | May 3, 2007

Azm Behzad sahib ki eik aur la-javaab ghazal:

raat eik mehfil meiN guft_guu namu par thii
har zubaan thii saakit, har nigaah pat’thar thii

ik savaal kii lou se hoNT jhulse jaate the
ik javaab kii ThanDak aah ke baraabar thii

eik be-yageeN lehja khouf se larazta tha
ik Chhupi huii herat, heratoN se baahar thii

voh sukhan zubaN par tha jis ko dil meiN rehna tha
voh shikan jabeeN par thii jo adaaye bistar thii

maiN bohat hirasaaN tha zakhm ke na bharne se
eik shab kii mohlat thii aur jang sar par thii

shaakh-e-dil kii haryaali khvaab ka bayaaN Thehri
maiN ne jis ko nam rak’Kha voh zameeN hii banjar thii

mujh meiN eik darya he jo bipharta rehta he
pehle eik Sehra tha jis pe chup kii chaadar thii

maiN ne us ko har lamha jism se pukaraa tha
ab Khula keh voh khvahish ruuh ke baraabar thii

ishq kii karaamat he varnah umr ke haathoN
khaal-o-khat kii veeraani husn ka muqaddar thii

kya huye voh lab jin se phool hii baraste the
kya huii voh shaadabi jo hameiN moyassar thii

AZM be-sabab dekhha tum ne khvaab-e-sairaabi
dasht ke tasalsul meiN tashnagi hii behtar thii

Topics: Azm Behzad, Shaa'iri, Urdu |

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