~ Uss Paar … ~

~ Uss Paar … ~

Jharokhe ke,

Mere bar’amade(verandah) main,

Kursi ke saath se meh’room, ma’yoos,

Goya be-etbaar(unbeliever) e marasim(connection),

Uss mayz pe,

Ek kaanch ki piyaali,

Tasalli zada,

Rangon se labalab,

Nisbat(relation) banaye rakhti hai …

Sukhan(poetry) ki shaaguf’tagi(bloom),

Alfaazon ki saadgi O shokhi,

Paak Raqqasa ka sunhera nasheman(abode) .. woh piyaali …

Anjuman(gathering) kamsin qissahon ki .. woh yak piyaali …

Khwateen(woman) ki chanakti hansi,

Taab-daar(sparkling) falak(sky),

Jahanon ka hissa karti, inaayt ufaq(horizon) ki,

Paher do paher ki bekasi(restlessness),

Bekhud’gi tarannum(melody) e sabz(greenery) ki,

Zauq(taste) e qulqul e Qulzum(sea),

Faiz(grace) e Khurshid(Sun),

Jhoolte bazoo e noor e Mah(Moonlight) main,

Guncha e Abr(cloud) bhi,

Zayr-zabar(argue) karti, narangi maghrabi-hawa(zephyr),

Aur uss ki ungliyon se lipt’te gaisu,

Mere khush-roo mehboob ke …

Par, yahi nanhi si piyaali,

Mere hathon main,

Jharokhe ke ‘Iss Paar’,

Khaali manzar de jati hai … fareeb e nazar(illusion) maano koi …

Main jhat se piyaali ussi jagah rakh deti hoon,

Saare rang, khud-ba-khud, pehle ke maanind,

Yak’ba’yak, zahiri shaad(blessed) wajood pa lete hain,

Jaise, humesha se wahin they … aur, wahin rahenge …

Issiliye, ‘garche kabhi, mujhe dhoondne niklo tum,

To’, bata deti hoon … main ‘Iss Paar’, nahin milungi!