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aaj bazar mein — Faiz Ahmed Faiz

By stanvir | May 21, 2007

aaj bazar mein — Faiz Ahmed Faiz

chashm-e-nam , jaan-e-shaureedah kaafee naheeN
tohmat-e-i’shq pausheedah kaafee naheeN
aaj baazaar meN paa.bajolaaN chalo

dast afshaaN chalo , mast-o-raqSaaN chalo
khaak bar sar chalo, khooN badaamaaN chalo
raah taktaa hay sab shar-e-jaanaaN chalo

Haakim-e-shahr bhi , majma’-e-’aam bhee
teer-e-ilzaam bhi , saNg-e-dushnaam bhee
SubH-e-naashaad bhi , roz-e-naakaam bhee

in kaa dam.saaz apnay siwaa kon hay
shahr-e-jaanaaN meN ab baaSafaa kon hay
dast-e-qaatil ke shaayaaN rahaa kon hay

rakht-e-dil baaNdh lo dil figaaro chalo
Phir hameeN qatl ho aa.eN yaaro chalo

Topics: Civil Rights, Faiz Ahmad Faiz, Liberty, Nazm, Pakistan, Urdu |

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