Sunday, February 17, 2008

Khaak



Khaak har Aamir-o-GhaaSib kay QaSeedah KhvaaN par
Khaak har Aamir-o-Jaabir kay taraf-daar peh Khaak

baaGhbaaN daal rahaa hai gul-o-gulzaar peh Khaak
ab bhi chup hooN to mujh par, maeray aSh’aar peh Khaak


yeh to apnay hi javaanooN kay luhu say tar hai
maeray saalaar, taeray haath ki talvaar peh Khaak!

tu nay barbaad ki’yaa arz-e-vatan ko maeri
Khaak a’ay Aamir-e-dauraaN taeray kirdaar peh Khaak!

Khaak har Aamir-o-GhaaSib kay QaSeedah KhvaaN par
Khaak har Aamir-o-Jaabir kay tarafdaar peh Khaak!


-- (Gumnaam Shaa'ir Dr. Jamal Qadri)

This wonderful poem reproduced in chickenscratch. Maybe someone will mention who the poet is? The style sounds familiar.. could it be Habib Jaalib? I dunno.

UPDATE: Just by pure good fortune, I found the full poem while looking at Faraz poems on Youtube. Here it is, for your pleasure (only one couplet is by ~Faraz~ , the rest is in that 'zameen' by Dr. Jamal Qadri.

Enjoy!

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