An anthology of poetry by the graduates of the Dow Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan. Edited by: Dr. Saleem A Khanani and Dr. Sameena Khan

1. ‫الرحيم‬ ‫الرحمن‬ ‫هللا‬ ‫بسم‬
DMC CLASS OF 1985 DIGITAL MAGAZINE MAY 2014
SPECIAL ISSUE
‫مسيحا‬‫شاعر‬ ‫اور‬
An anthology of poetry
By
Graduates of Dow Medical College
Edited by
Dr. Saleem A Khanani (Dowite 1985)
Dr. Sameena Khan (Dowite 1985)
A DOW DIGITAL PUBLICATION

2. ‫الرحيم‬ ‫الرحمن‬ ‫هللا‬ ‫بسم‬
This is indeed a matter of pride for the editors of the DMC Class of 1985
digital magazine to present a unique publication, an anthology of poetry by
the graduates of the Dow Medical College, Karachi Pakistan!
Doctors are perceived as being serious and dry individuals whose scientific
minds do not allow them to indulge much in finer arts. Nothing can be
further from the truth as will be apparent from the selections of poetry by
doctors in this small volume. Doctors are like any other normal human
being, full of feelings, sensitivity and emotions. They enjoy looking at
monuments of arts, watching spectacles of nature and listening to lilting
melodies and reading good literature.
The atmosphere at Dow was not just one of dead bodies, test tubes, rolling
drums with carbon paper, petri dishes and lecture halls. There was a lot of
culture, politics, sports, fun and arts. Poetry competitions, i.e., bait baazi,
poetry recital by both invited poets of repute and budding physician-poets
were routine.
Some of the students made a name for themselves as poets during student
life. And then there were ‘silent Miltons’ who kept the sober tenor of their
way only to emerge later in life. This anthology combines both. We hope
that the readers will enjoy reading these fine specimens of poetry.
The poets are arranged according to alphabetical order of their last names.

3. SHARIQ ALI DOW 1985
One of the leading poets of the DMC Class of 1985, Shariq is an internationally known poet,
intellectual, humanitarian and plastic surgeon. He headed the Burns Unit at the Civil Hospital
Karachi for a number of years. He currently lives in the United Kingdom.

12. SYED RASHID UL AMIN DOW 1985
A well-known, serious and accomplished poet, Rashid-ul-Amin practices in the Middle East. He
shared some of the verses he wrote while at Dow.

13. SOHAIL ANSARI DOW 1983
Sohail is in the practice of pulmonology/respiratory medicine as a consultant physician and
located in Southend on Sea, England. He is the Chairman of Essex tuberculosis Network,
Chairman of South East Essex Respiratory Strategic Group, Governor (UK) American College
of Chest Physicians, Examiner Royal College of Physicians (London) and President of Pakistan
Essex Doctors Society.
Sohail distinguished himself at Dow as a person of great literary talent and served as the editor
of Dowlite. He writes in both Urdu and English. He has contributed several well researched
articles to the DMC Class of 1985 digital magazine related to the history of Karachi.

14. SOHAIL ANSARI

15. SWEET SWEAT
On the street of shagreen-like life,
As jejune ingénue I shambled
Free as a deer always had a hike
(A deer with musk in hide)
Then arose a fragrance, mutely
With propensity, tried to solve the mystery, cutely
The scent I tried to find in unprofane pang
Pried and wondered the mind mustang
But the fragrance neither arises from fecund pus
Nor from the oozing blood crus
Of deep wounds that rest in my soul
For they are inodorous
Though ephemeral, lingered on as a col
Then inane penumbra shuttered
When my ego muttered
The odour, a psalm and sweet
Is of my own own sweat
And now I
Free as a deer always have a hike
(A deer with musk in hide)
SOHAIL ANSARI

16. SYED KHALID ANWER: DOW 1986
Syed Khalid Anwer is currently a practicing ophthalmologist in the United Kingdom. He is a
versatile individual with a variety of interests, literary and scientific. He writes poetry in both
English and Urdu and is a frequent contributor to the DMC Class of 1985 digital magazine.
‫گالب‬
‫مختصر‬ ‫باتيں‬
‫ہی‬ ‫اثر‬ ‫ہيں‬ ‫کرتی‬ ‫پر‬
‫کے‬ ‫بھر‬ ‫دل‬ ‫ديکھوں‬
‫ہی‬ ‫نظر‬ ‫بھرتی‬ ‫نہيں‬
‫مختصر‬ ‫خوشبو‬
‫ہے‬ ‫پھيلی‬ ‫پر‬
‫ہے‬ ‫سو‬ ‫چار‬
‫گالب‬ ‫حسين‬ ‫يہ‬
‫ہے‬ ‫دلکشی‬ ‫کی‬ ‫ان‬ ‫اور‬
‫ديکھيں‬ ‫تو‬ ‫کر‬ ‫دے‬ ‫گالب‬ ‫آپ‬
‫گالب‬ ‫گالبی‬ ‫گہرے‬
‫خواب‬ ‫محو‬ ‫مہکتے‬
‫خواب‬ ‫کم‬ ‫دلکش‬ ‫پھول‬ ‫يہ‬
‫سراب‬ ‫اک‬ ‫ہو‬ ‫زندگی‬ ‫ورنه‬

17. ‫ج‬‫ب‬
‫دو‬ ‫کرےن‬‫ایر‬ ‫ےس‬ ‫ام‬‫ر‬‫ب‬ ‫تہ‬‫انش‬ ‫ایر‬
‫جاو‬ ‫بھول‬‫ٴ‬‫اکج‬ ‫اور‬ ‫اکم‬ ‫سارے‬
‫ڈاج‬ ‫کوئ‬ ‫ہوں‬ ‫ہا‬‫ر‬ ‫دے‬ ‫هہںی‬
‫ج‬‫ب‬ ‫اکم‬ ‫سارے‬ ‫نگا‬‫و‬‫اد‬‫ر‬‫ک‬
‫مںی‬ ‫نگا‬‫و‬‫د‬ ‫دھو‬ ‫بھی‬ ‫کپڑے‬
‫هھج‬‫ا‬‫م‬ ‫نگا‬‫و‬‫د‬ ‫بھی‬ ‫تن‬‫ر‬‫ب‬
‫مںی‬ ‫پٹارو‬ ‫ےہ‬ ‫یکھی‬‫س‬ ‫اچھی‬ ‫سالئ‬
‫اکج‬ ‫مںی‬ ‫کرےت‬ ‫ےک‬ ‫اس‬ ‫نگا‬‫و‬‫د‬ ‫لگا‬
‫یک‬ ‫پتلون‬ ‫نگا‬‫و‬‫د‬ ‫کر‬ ‫ترپائ‬
‫ٹانک‬ ‫نگا‬‫و‬‫د‬ ‫مںی‬ ‫مقیضوں‬ ‫بھی‬ ‫بنٹ‬
‫کر‬ ‫صاف‬‫اج‬‫ری‬‫گ‬ ‫ج‬‫ب‬ ‫مںی‬ ‫نگا‬‫و‬‫د‬
‫ڈاج‬ ‫یہ‬ ‫متہاری‬ ‫نگا‬‫و‬‫د‬ ‫دھو‬
‫ج‬‫ب‬ ‫ساتھ‬ ‫مریے‬ ‫بیٹھ‬
‫الج‬ ‫اتنا‬ ‫کرو‬ ‫هہ‬
‫رساتج‬ ‫متہارے‬ ‫ہںی‬ ‫بھی‬ ‫ہم‬
‫ےس‬ ‫ابغیےچ‬ ‫الای‬ ‫جو‬ ‫پھر‬ ‫پھول‬
‫اج‬‫ز‬‫م‬ ‫اک‬ ‫اس‬ ‫ےس‬ ‫دم‬ ‫ایک‬ ‫گیا‬ ‫کھل‬
‫ابتںی‬ ‫یک‬ ‫پ‬‫ب‬ ‫ہںی‬ ‫هٹک‬‫ا‬‫روم‬ ‫بویل‬
‫هداز‬‫ا‬ ‫ےہ‬ ‫هہ‬‫ا‬‫ر‬‫شاع‬ ‫اور‬
‫پیججیۓ‬ ‫چاۓ‬ ‫سا‬ ‫ینان‬‫طم‬‫ا‬ ‫پ‬‫ب‬ ‫یۓ‬ ‫چھوڑ‬
‫لییت‬ ‫دیکھ‬ ‫ہ‬ ‫مںی‬‫ج‬‫ب‬ ‫اکم‬ ‫ہوں‬
‫ج‬‫ب‬ ‫کیا‬ ‫اکم‬ ‫ےن‬ ‫گالة‬
‫ج‬‫ب‬ ‫ڈاج‬ ‫تھا‬ ‫دینا‬ ‫ےن‬ ‫مںی‬
Syed Khalid Anwer

18. Every Person You ever loved
Every person you ever loved
every person who loved you
Every song you ever sang
Every book you ever read
Every place you ever visited
Your parents, family, friends
Your teachers, your upbringing,
the homes you ever lived in
They are all present inside you
So is every person you ever
Disliked, ignored and who hated you
Each of them is also present within you
All of your history is written on
The walls inside you
It is up to you to let it remain
A presence or make it a present
Writers do make it a present
And write these out
They can read the writing on the wall
Every person you ever loved
Syed Khalid Anwer

19. DOORS
When one door closes
Other opens
Beckoning
Beguiling
Inviting
Exciting
Exotic
Mystic
There are many doors
To open and close in our lives
Some doors are slammed shut
" no more of that "
Some closed softly
" it was good, but it is over"
Some we keep ajar
In hope
In anticipation
There are many doors in the heart
Some open, relaxed
Taking, absorbing, observing
And when the excitement is piqued
They are shut and others open
To spread the warmth, spread the glow
Closing a door, leaving behind means
Opening new possibilities
Departures entail arrivals somewhere else
Syed Khalid Anwer

20. What does the Air breathe?
What does the Air breathe?
What does the water drink?
What does the touch feel?
What does the taste taste?
What does the fragrance smell?
What does the thought think?
What does the dream dream?
How do the beats beat?
What does the love love?
THE THOUGHT POLICE
Syed Khalid Anwer
The thought police is after me
Gathering my thinking
Capturing my thoughts
It can leave you distraught
Puzzled, emotions fraught
Ruthless in their thinking
Inflexible in their thoughts
Not concerned about the
context
Just the content of the thought
I told them I am enjoying the
process
Joyous thinking and delirious
thoughts
one should have absolute
freedom
of playing with their thinking
tinkering with their thoughts
I even quoted Descartes
‘I am, therefore I Think’
it threw a spanner in their
thinking
and they scratched their heads,
confused about all the thoughts
they might leave me now
and come after your thoughts
better be succinct about your
thinking
clear about your thoughts
I laughed, nice to side step
them
To muddle their thinking
Befuddle their thoughts
Trial and tribulations of my
thinking
Probing of your inner thoughts
Who could have thought

21. How do you dominate the Human Heart!
(chink)
How do dominate the human heart
Can you dominate the Ocean
How do dominate the human spirit
Can you dominate the winds
How do dominate the human soul
Can you dominate the volcano
How do dominate the human mind
Can you dominate the Universe
How do dominate human altruism
Can you dominate the sunlight
How do dominate human empathy
Can you dominate the rainfall
How do dominate human creativity
Can you dominate the earth
There has to be a chink
And there definitely is
To dominate human heart, spirit, soul, mind, totally, utterly
A little magic is needed
And contained in four little words
LOVE
Syed Khalid Anwer

22. T H I N K I N G
( thinking again)
I am very close to my thinking
To me it is very dear my thinking
I have no fear of my thinking
Even when spears are in my thinking sometimes it whispers my
thinking
And goes all pear shaped my thinking
And I say oh dear dear, what am I thinking
Then I revert back to some serene thinking
And it then again endears my thinking
There is a lot of flair in my thinking
When it is in top gear my thinking
I know you would be reading this
And thinking.....
Syed Khalid Anwer

23. IQBAL HASHMANI DOW 1979
Dr. Iqbal Hashmani practices in Karachi. He is a brilliant prose writer as well as a poet. Several
of his books have been published. He specializes in a style of poetry called ‫.هائكو‬
‫زميں‬ ‫بر‬ ‫فردوس‬
‫کرکے‬ ‫وا‬ ‫حقيقت‬ ِ‫چشم‬ ‫ذرا‬
‫آ‬ ‫سفر‬ ِ‫رفيق‬ ‫ميرے‬
‫ميں‬ ‫جہاں‬ ِ‫بزم‬ ‫اس‬ ‫کہ‬ ‫ديکھ‬
‫وخوشی‬ ‫طرب‬‫ميں‬ ‫سمندر‬ ‫کے‬
‫جزيرےہيں‬ ‫کے‬ ‫والم‬ ‫رنج‬
‫سفينے‬ ‫کے‬ ‫،صعوبتوں‬ ‫ساحل‬ ‫کے‬ ‫مايوسی‬
‫ہيں‬ ‫غم‬ ‫ہی‬ ‫غم‬ ،‫ہيں‬ ‫دکھ‬ ‫ہی‬ ‫دکھ‬
‫نشاں‬ ‫جنت‬ ‫کہ‬ ‫زميں‬ ٔ‫خطہ‬ ‫اک‬ ‫وہ‬
‫وفغاں‬ ‫آہ‬ ‫اب‬ ‫جہاں‬ ‫ہے‬ ‫سو‬ ‫ہر‬
‫مقتل‬ ‫ہے‬ ‫بنا‬ ‫گاؤں‬ ‫ہر‬
‫کناں‬ ‫نوحہ‬ ‫پہ‬ ‫خود‬ ‫بستی‬ ‫ہر‬
‫ہيں‬ ‫روتے‬ ‫صنوبر‬ ‫و‬ ‫شمشاد‬
‫کشمير‬ ‫يہ‬ ‫کہ‬ ‫کہيں‬ ‫کيسے‬ ‫اب‬
‫بر‬ ‫است‬ ‫فردوس‬‫زميں‬ ٔ‫روے‬
‫ہاشمانی‬ ‫اقبال‬

25. DR. IQBAL HASHMANI

26. ZEBA HASAN HAFEEZ DOW 1985
Zeba trained and worked as a dermatologist in Karachi, Pakistan before moving to the US in
2000. She worked as a postdoctoral fellow (dermatology research) at the University of
California, San Francisco (UCSF), for 3 years. Her internship was at the Texas Tech University
at Lubbock and residency in psychiatry at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas. She
graduated in June 2008 and then completed fellowship in geriatric psychiatry at UCSF in July
09. She is currently working as staff psychiatrist at the Kaiser Permanente, Santa Rosa, CA.
She has several publications and presentations in the fields of dermatology and psychiatry.
Writing poetry has been a special interest for her from the time she was 16 years old.
MEETING
A boat
sailed in your eyes
across the years
when we were surely
less intricate
We sat
on a stone bench
and hesitantly
drew together
an old familiarity
Our lives
different
though similar
in many ways
An image of two cars
against receding waves
Our gestures and laughter
tracing the trail
we had left

27. NORTH CALIFORNIA
Mountains loom
and grape vines_
a dream
of primal green hair..
Branches of old trees
spiral
in the mind
Come spring
and the rosebush,
` delirious
has willed its form
to change
ZEBA HASAN HAFEEZ

28. Thin Line
As the plane tilts its wings
towards the night sky
the Bay Bridge becomes
a thin line of lights
Across the ocean.
Oakland is
a collage
of geometric shapes.
Precipitous turns
take me where
I ascend
the path of a dream:
Crimson seeds of a
pomegranate gently
separating
from white curtains
Prayer
repeating itself,
a hum, a shade
entwined within

29. Bellagio
Someone must have sat
on this stone
outside the wooden door
of her home
and looked down
this narrow path
of cobbled steps
to the great light
of this lake
She must have sat here
watching passers-by
hundreds of years ago
The dead duke’s gardens
and grottoes
face the lake.
Chestnuts cypresses pines..
form their own

30. patterns of age.
Rhododendrons
have begun to flower
Here is a church
his family visited.
I tiptoe
on its tiles
graves
of ancestors beneath .
Moving to a small museum
statues, busts
bear a family resemblance
outlines of that classic nose
all still
waiting for the duke
ZEBA HASAN HAFEEZ

31. Things
There are things
that endear themselves to us
inhabit us
old paintings furniture carpets
merge
with an age
we belong to
Our parents’ home
the times we walked
barefoot sensing
the unfurling
of leaves
on evening –cool verandahs
This painting in my hallway
stares back at me now
the smoke
rises

32. from its roof
forming
strange patterns
ZEBA HASAN HAFEEZ
Mesopotamia
In this devastation
I see its face __
birth place of prophets, saints
its insignia defaced.
War returns.
Bodies,
rivers of blood.
The small, resolute band
Karbala
and the ravages
of Genghis Khan.

33. This century's precision
sword stroke.
A madman's bombs
igniting the skies.
The muezzin's call
to prayer
is winnowed
through Baghdad's palms.
Another dawn
ZEBA HASAN HAFEEZ

34. TAHIR HUSSAIN DOW 1980
Dr. Tahir Hussain is a well-known physician and educator in Karachi. One of the top students of
his batch, Tahir Bhai is professor of medicine and an experienced poet. His style is classical
with new thoughts and ideas.
‫هيں‬ ‫هوتے‬ ‫وفا‬ ‫پابند‬ ‫کے‬ ‫ربط‬ ‫سلسلے‬
‫هين‬ ‫هوتے‬ ‫خفا‬ ‫سرکار‬ ‫تو‬ ‫هيں‬ ‫کھتے‬ ‫يه‬ ‫هم‬
‫والے‬ ‫جانے‬ ‫کے‬ ‫پھير‬ ‫مونھ‬ ‫کبھی‬ ‫ديکھيں‬ ‫کاش‬
‫هيں‬ ‫هوتے‬ ‫ادا‬ ‫سے‬ ‫اشکوں‬ ‫جو‬ ‫قرض‬ ‫وہ‬ ‫هاے‬
‫حضور‬ ، ‫هيں‬ ‫گزارے‬ ‫نے‬ ‫هم‬ ،‫جو‬ ‫نھيں‬ ‫ديکھے‬ ‫نے‬ ‫تم‬
‫هيں‬ ‫هوتے‬ ‫سزا‬ ‫مانند‬ ‫جو‬ ‫روز‬ ‫و‬ ‫شب‬ ‫وہ‬
‫الگ‬ ‫هے‬ ‫نباهنا‬ ‫ساتھ‬ ،‫الگ‬ ‫هے‬ ‫چلنا‬ ‫ساتھ‬
‫هيں‬ ‫هوتے‬ ‫جدا‬ ‫سے‬ ‫الفت‬ ‫کے‬ ‫رسم‬ ‫ضابطے‬
‫هے‬ ‫ليتی‬ ‫بدل‬ ‫بھيس‬ ‫جب‬ ‫کا‬ ‫،اخالص‬ ‫حرص‬
‫هيں‬ ‫هوتے‬ ‫خدا‬ ‫نام‬ ‫سب‬ ‫کے‬ ‫اغراض‬ ‫جرم‬
‫جانا‬ ‫هی‬ ‫بدل‬ ‫کی‬ ‫زمانے‬ ‫هے‬ ‫فطرت‬ ‫تو‬ ‫کچھ‬
‫هيں‬ ‫هوتے‬ ‫هوا‬ ‫رنگ‬ ‫هم‬ ‫بھی‬ ‫لوگ‬ ‫کچھ‬ ‫اور‬
‫طاهر‬ ، ‫دو‬ ‫بھال‬ ‫بھی‬ ‫تم‬ ، ‫گيا‬ ‫بھول‬ ‫تمھيں‬ ‫جو‬
‫هيں‬ ‫هوتے‬ ‫سوا‬ ‫زخم‬ ‫اک‬ ‫هر‬ ‫سے‬ ‫رکھنے‬ ‫ياد‬

35. " ‫؟‬ ‫آیب‬ ‫هیں‬ ‫هِجْض‬ ‫زل‬ ، َ‫ی‬ ‫آذط‬ ‫کب‬ ‫کػ‬ ‫تمْض‬ "
‫؟‬ ‫آیب‬ ‫هیں‬ ‫هِجْض‬ ‫زل‬ َ‫ی‬ ‫آذط‬ ‫کب‬ ‫کػ‬ ‫تمْض‬
‫آیب‬ ‫هیں‬ ‫ًْض‬ ‫اًؽبں‬ ‫شُي‬ ، ‫کط‬ ‫ًکل‬ ‫ؼے‬ ‫اًسُیطّں‬
‫؟‬ ‫تِی‬ ‫لسالت‬ ‫کی‬ ‫جصثْں‬ َ‫ک‬ ، ‫یب‬ ‫الِی‬ ‫تْفیك‬ َ‫ی‬
‫آیب‬ ‫هیں‬ ‫هغطّض‬ ‫گطزى‬ ‫اک‬ ‫ذن‬ ْ‫ج‬ ‫کب‬ ‫ًساهت‬
‫ضکٌِب‬ ‫ثڑا‬ ‫زل‬ ِْ‫زیک‬ ْ‫ت‬ ، ‫ذْاُؿ‬ ‫کی‬ ‫زیس‬ ُْ ‫اگط‬
‫آیب‬ ‫هیں‬ ‫طْض‬ ‫ؼبهبى‬ ‫ثطق‬ ْ‫ج‬ ، ‫تِب‬ ‫ُی‬ ٍْ‫جل‬ ‫اک‬ ٍّ
‫زل‬ ‫اے‬ ‫هگط‬ ‫ثطحك‬ ‫فیملے‬ ‫کے‬ ‫ػول‬ ‫هکبفبت‬
‫؟‬ ‫آیب‬ ‫هیں‬ ‫زؼتْض‬ َ‫حلم‬ ‫ُی‬ ‫هیں‬ ‫لطف‬ َ‫ک‬ ‫کیب‬ َ‫ی‬
‫هیں‬ َ‫همطػ‬ ٍ‫آّاض‬ ‫کؽی‬ ‫پِجتی‬ َ‫پ‬ ‫ظلف‬ ‫جت‬ ‫لگی‬
‫آیب‬ ‫هیں‬ ‫زیجْض‬ ‫ـت‬ ، ‫تت‬ ‫کط‬ ُ‫ثڑ‬ ْ‫ک‬ ‫یبضّں‬ ‫هعا‬
‫کے‬ ‫ظهبًے‬ ، ‫طبُط‬ ، ‫تِے‬ ‫کطزاض‬ ‫ثِت‬ ‫هیں‬ ‫فؽبًے‬
‫آیب‬ ‫هیں‬ ‫هٌمْض‬ َ‫لم‬ ًَ ْ‫ج‬ ‫ًبم‬ ‫اک‬ ‫هگط‬
TAHIR HUSSAIN

36. "‫؟‬ ‫ُے‬ ‫ڈضتب‬ ‫ؼے‬ ‫ؼچبیْں‬ ‫؟‬ ‫ُے‬ ‫ـرك‬ ‫"ػجیت‬
‫ُے‬ ‫ڈضتب‬ ‫ؼے‬ ‫تٌِبیْں‬ ‫کی‬ ‫شات‬ ‫اپٌی‬ ٍّ
‫؟‬ ‫ُے‬ ‫ڈضتب‬ ‫ؼے‬ ‫ؼچبیْں‬ ‫؟‬ ‫ُے‬ ‫ـرك‬ ‫ػجیت‬
‫ؼکتب‬ ‫ًِیں‬ ‫پب‬ ْ‫ک‬ ‫ُؽتی‬ ‫هٌعل‬ ‫ًفبى‬
‫ُے‬ ‫ڈضتب‬ ‫ؼے‬ ‫گِطایْں‬ ْ‫ج‬ ‫کی‬ ‫ؼوٌسضّں‬
‫ّاال‬ ‫هبًٌے‬ ًَ ‫حمیمت‬ ‫کی‬ ‫ػمیستْى‬
‫ُے‬ ‫ڈضتب‬ ‫ؼے‬ ‫تٌگٌبیْں‬ ‫کی‬ ‫غطن‬ ‫اپٌی‬ ‫ذْض‬
‫ّاال‬ ‫ثِیگٌے‬ ‫هیں‬ ‫ثبضؾ‬ ‫کی‬ ‫یبض‬ ‫ذیبل‬
‫؟‬ ‫ُے‬ ‫ڈضتب‬ ‫ؼے‬ ‫ضػٌبیْں‬ ‫کی‬ ‫یبض‬ ‫جوبل‬
‫ُْں‬ ‫ؼوجِتب‬ ‫ًِیں‬ ‫هکول‬ ‫ػفك‬ ‫کب‬ ‫اغ‬ ‫هیں‬
‫ُے‬ ‫ڈضتب‬ ‫ؼے‬ ‫ضؼْایْں‬ ْ‫ج‬ ‫هیں‬ ‫هحجتْں‬
‫ًِیں‬ ‫ُی‬ ‫ذجط‬ ‫کْی‬ ْ‫ک‬ ‫اغ‬ َ‫ک‬ ‫ثبت‬ َ‫ی‬ ‫ًِیں‬
‫ُے‬ ‫ڈضتب‬ ‫ؼے‬ ‫ّیطاًیْں‬ ‫کی‬ ‫ؼْچ‬ ‫اپٌی‬ ٍّ
‫ّاال‬ ‫جبًچٌے‬ ْ‫ک‬ ‫ـئ‬ ‫ُط‬ َ‫پ‬ ‫ػمل‬ ‫هؼیبض‬
‫ُے‬ ‫ڈضتب‬ ‫ؼے‬ ‫حیطاًیْں‬ ‫کی‬ ٍ‫ًگب‬ ّ ‫زل‬
TAHIR HUSSAIN

37. ‫ليا‬ ‫ديکھ‬ ‫کے‬ ‫جا‬ ‫بھی‬ ‫صحرا‬ ، ‫ميں‬ ‫کھوج‬ ‫کی‬ ‫کسی‬
‫ليا‬ ‫ديکھ‬ ‫که‬ ‫آزما‬ ، ‫مال‬ ‫نه‬ ‫کھيں‬ ‫کوئ‬
‫ميں‬ ‫برکھا‬ ‫کی‬ ‫تر‬ ‫چشم‬ ‫کبھی‬ ‫تو‬ ‫مال‬ ‫کوئ‬
‫ليا‬ ‫ديکھ‬ ‫که‬ ‫پا‬ ‫ميں‬ ‫دل‬ ‫هوے‬ ‫ٹوٹے‬ ‫نے‬ ‫کسی‬
‫ديکھا‬ ‫نھيں‬ ‫هوے‬ ‫هلتے‬ ‫کو‬ ‫عرش‬ ‫نے‬ ‫کسی‬
‫ليا‬ ‫ديکھ‬ ‫که‬ ‫بھا‬ ‫آنسو‬ ‫نے‬ ‫غريب‬ ‫کسی‬
‫هوی‬ ‫نه‬ ‫روشنی‬ ‫په‬ ، ‫جالے‬ ‫ديپ‬ ‫نے‬ ‫کسی‬
‫ليا‬ ‫ديکھ‬ ‫کے‬ ‫جال‬ ‫کو‬ ‫گھر‬ ‫هی‬ ‫اپنے‬ ‫نے‬ ‫کسی‬
‫سے‬ ‫پھر‬ ، ‫رهنما‬ ‫کوی‬ ‫کرے‬ ‫کيسے‬ ‫کو‬ ‫کسی‬
‫ليا‬ ‫ديکھ‬ ‫کے‬ ‫بنا‬ ‫رهبر‬ ‫کو‬ ‫آپ‬ ‫نے‬ ‫جس‬ ‫که‬
‫کبھی‬ ‫نه‬ ‫سکا‬ ‫بنا‬ ‫اپنا‬ ‫بھی‬ ‫کوی‬ ‫کو‬ ‫کسی‬
‫ليا‬ ‫ديکھ‬ ‫که‬ ‫بنا‬ ‫اپنا‬ ‫کو‬ ‫آپ‬ ‫نے‬ ‫کسی‬
‫مال‬ ‫نه‬ ‫کچھ‬ ‫جواب‬ ، ‫پوچھا‬ ‫سے‬ ‫عقل‬ ‫نے‬ ‫کسی‬
‫ليا‬ ‫ديکھ‬ ‫که‬ ‫چھڑا‬ ‫دامن‬ ‫سے‬ ‫هوش‬ ‫نے‬ ‫کسی‬
TAHIR HUSSAIN

38. ‫مجھے‬ ‫هيں‬ ‫سمجھتے‬ ‫ديوار‬ ‫کی‬ ‫ريت‬ ‫بھی‬ ‫يار‬
‫مجھے‬ ‫هيں‬ ‫سمجھتے‬ ‫يار‬ ‫ميرے‬ ‫تھا‬ ‫سمجھتا‬ ‫ميں‬
‫هوں‬ ‫جاتا‬ ‫ڈهل‬ ‫ميں‬ ‫حاالت‬ ‫هوے‬ ‫بدلتے‬ ‫ميں‬
‫مجھے‬ ‫هيں‬ ‫سمجھتے‬ ‫اداکار‬ ‫والے‬ ‫ديکھنے‬
‫مجھے‬ ‫هيں‬ ‫سمجھتے‬ ‫پار‬ ‫س‬ِ‫ا‬ ‫هيں‬ ‫پار‬ ‫س‬‫ا‬ ‫جو‬ ‫وہ‬
‫مجھے‬ ‫هيں‬ ‫سمجھتے‬ ‫پار‬ ‫س‬‫ا‬ ، ‫هيں‬ ‫پار‬ ‫س‬ِ‫ا‬ ‫جو‬ ‫وہ‬
‫هوں‬ ‫خالی‬ ‫بھت‬ ‫سے‬ ‫اندر‬ ‫که‬ ‫هوں‬ ‫چپ‬ ‫يوں‬ ‫تو‬ ‫ميں‬
‫مجھے‬ ‫هيں‬ ‫سمجھتے‬ ‫پراسرار‬ ‫لوگ‬ ‫سب‬ ‫اور‬
‫هے‬ ‫جاتا‬ ‫گنا‬ ‫نيک‬ ‫مجھے‬ ‫ميں‬ ‫لوگوں‬ ‫نيک‬
‫مجھے‬ ‫هيں‬ ‫سمجھتے‬ ‫گناهگار‬ ، ‫گناهگار‬ ‫اور‬
TAHIR HUSSAIN

39. AISHA IDRIS DOW 1987
My name is Aisha Idris aka Aisha Shafiq Thahim After a year of House Job, life stopped making sense. So
tentatively l joined Psychiatry as a PG, and thank God for making one good decision.
I am a mother of three, two daughters and a son.I love reading indiscriminately, so that covers all! At
any given time, I am reading usually three books at a time, according to the mood at that moment. My
eldest daughter 20, doing BBA gives me a feeling of Deja vu! She is so much like what I was in Dow 80's,
and definitely more street smart!! My second daughter is 17, and our family's literary gem. My son is 13
and our baby and the heir apparent to his father, being the only son of the eldest son something like
British Monarchy!
Other interests are soft music, ghazals, old Indian, Pakistani songs. Follow Pakistani Politics and Cricket
for whatever it is worth! For work, l am the proprietor of a modest Psychiatric Unit. It suits me as I can
make my own timings. My one unfulfilled fantasy is travelling around the world. Presently I am better
described as a social recluse.
‫دے‬ ‫مہلت‬ ‫کتنی‬ ‫وقت‬ ‫جانے‬ ‫کون‬
‫کچھ‬ ‫ہے‬ ‫قرض‬ ‫کا‬ ‫لمحوں‬ ‫ہوئے‬ ‫گزرے‬
‫جائے‬ ‫پڑ‬ ‫نہ‬ ‫کم‬ ‫نقدی‬ ‫کی‬ ‫عمر‬
‫کيلئے‬ ‫جوئے‬ ‫اس‬ ‫بےچيين‬ ‫ہے‬ ‫دل‬ ‫مگر‬
‫ہيں‬ ‫ليتے‬ ‫سن‬ ‫بھی‬ ‫کی‬ ‫اس‬ ‫چلو‬ ‫تو‬
‫ہے‬ ‫ٹھانا‬ ‫جو‬ ‫نے‬ ‫دل‬
‫کرديں‬ ‫طرف‬ ‫ايک‬ ‫کو‬ ‫بچار‬ ‫سوچ‬ ‫پھر‬
‫ليں‬ ‫مر‬ ‫ہی‬ ‫موت‬ ‫کی‬ ‫مرضی‬ ‫اپنی‬

40. ‫ناداں‬ ‫دل‬
‫ہے‬ ‫ليا‬ ‫ٹھان‬ ‫نے‬ ‫دل‬ ‫اب‬
‫ہے‬ ‫گزرنا‬ ‫کر‬ ‫تو‬ ‫کچھ‬
‫ہے‬ ‫مرنا‬ ‫کر‬ ‫جی‬ ‫تک‬ ‫کب‬
‫کہ‬ ‫بخوبی‬ ‫ہے‬ ‫ليا‬ ‫جان‬
‫گا‬ ‫کٹے‬ ‫اکيال‬ ‫رستہ‬
‫گی‬ ‫لگيں‬ ‫ہزار‬ ‫تہمتيں‬
‫گی‬ ‫مارے‬ ‫دوری‬ ‫کی‬ ‫اپنوں‬
‫گا‬ ‫دے‬ ‫کر‬ ‫لہولہان‬ ‫خون‬
‫کيونکر‬ ‫رہنا‬ ‫پہ‬ ‫طرز‬ ‫اس‬
‫کڑا‬ ‫تو‬ ‫ہے‬ ‫امتحان‬ ‫يہ‬
‫گا‬ ‫ہو‬ ‫کيا‬ ‫ميں‬ ‫آخر‬
‫ہيں‬ ‫زمانے‬ ‫کے‬ ‫کرنے‬ ‫فتح‬ ‫دنيا‬ ‫نہ‬
‫ہيں‬ ‫پرانے‬ ‫خواب‬ ‫ميں‬ ‫آنکھوں‬ ‫نہ‬
‫کی‬ ‫منوانے‬ ‫کو‬ ‫خود‬ ‫اب‬ ‫نہيں‬ ‫جستجو‬
‫کی‬ ‫لينے‬ ‫پا‬ ‫کو‬ ‫خود‬ ‫فقط‬ ‫ہے‬ ‫آرزو‬
‫گزرے‬ ‫ساتھ‬ ‫کے‬ ‫جھوٹ‬ ‫سال‬ ‫بہت‬
‫کر‬ ‫بن‬ ‫سچا‬ ‫ساتھ‬ ‫اپنے‬ ‫اب‬
‫لو‬ ‫گزار‬ ‫تو‬ ‫وقت‬ ‫کچھ‬
‫ہے‬ ‫چکھنا‬ ‫ابھی‬ ‫مزہ‬ ‫يہ‬
AISHA IDRIS

41. ،‫باتيں‬ ‫سی‬ ‫سبب‬ ‫بے‬
،‫ياديں‬ ‫کی‬ ‫سبب‬ ‫بے‬
،‫سوچ‬ ‫تھی‬ ‫بےسبب‬
،‫اميد‬ ‫کی‬ ‫بےوجہ‬
،‫مسکرانا‬ ‫بےجا‬
،‫جانا‬ ‫آ‬ ‫يوں‬ ‫کا‬ ‫اس‬
، ‫جانا‬ ‫چلے‬ ‫يونہی‬
،‫آس‬ ‫سی‬ ‫چھوٹی‬ ‫وہ‬
،‫اميديں‬ ‫ساری‬ ‫جھوٹی‬
،‫لمحے‬ ‫ہوئے‬ ‫چرائے‬
،‫زندگی‬ ‫تھے‬ ‫لگتے‬
،‫سال‬ ‫و‬ ‫ماہ‬ ‫کتنے‬ ‫وہ‬
،‫لٹائے‬ ‫اور‬ ‫گنوائے‬
،‫جاتا‬ ‫ہو‬ ‫گمان‬ ‫بد‬ ‫دل‬
،‫بہاتے‬ ‫آنسو‬ ‫جب‬
،‫دهندالتے‬ ‫خواب‬ ‫اور‬
،‫ہے‬ ‫يہی‬ ‫بات‬ ‫سچی‬
،‫تھا‬ ‫سبب‬ ‫بے‬ ‫انتظار‬
،‫تھی‬ ‫سبب‬ ‫بے‬ ‫فہمی‬ ‫خوش‬
‫ڈال،ا‬ ‫سمجھا‬ ‫کو‬ ‫دل‬ ‫آخر‬
،‫تھا‬ ‫مشکل‬ ‫بھالنا‬ ‫کو‬ ‫اس‬
‫ڈال،ا‬ ‫بدل‬ ‫رستہ‬ ‫تو‬
،‫سمجھايا‬ ‫جب‬ ‫نے‬ ‫سب‬
،‫ہوتا‬ ‫بہتر‬ ‫ہی‬ ‫کرنا‬ ‫معاف‬
،‫تھا‬ ‫نہ‬ ‫ميں‬ ‫بس‬ ‫بھالنا‬
‫ڈاال‬ ‫کر‬ ‫ہی‬ ‫معاف‬ ‫سو‬
AISHA IDRIS

42. A Love Ballad
When you are heart broken,
Agony killing your person,
And are truly forsaken,
And when you need someone,
If solitude turns fearsome,
Then remember the one,
Whose love you'd spurned,
The trust you thought cumbersome;
Uttering haughtily sarcasm,
Me being old-fashioned,
Despair , angering you no end.
Maybe when you'll think of me,
And if you ever will need me,
Just call out my name and see,
My door never closed for you
And never will be, believe me!
My heart yours till eternity,
For you there is always me....
The door to my home,
The door to my heart,
The door to happiness,
The door of my being,
All doors will remain open,
For all times to come;
Only for you I'm waiting;
At the doorstep , sitting!!!!
AISHA IDRIS

43. MUSINGS:
Carefree childhood,
Sunshine seasons,
Children played, fooled
More smiles and games,
Skipping and dancing,
Studying for exams,
Only cause of brood;
Life became more intricate,
Few lines appearing on the slate!
Entering bemusing Teens,
Thirteen, Sixteen, Nineteen;
Years spent at the Dow,exhilarating and how!!!!!
But carefree years ending.
Oh that one covert secret!
So cursed yet so sacred!
But life is now extracting,
Punishing, then rewarding
Losing loved ones hurting,
Gaining little ones rewarding,
A new universe evolving!
So many lessons are taught,
Intrigues, betrayals, deceit,
Life intrepid, still Death Intrinsic!
Making one wonder, marvel
What is Divinity's purpose?
Are there others in the Universe?
Similar, yet so diverse!
Am I the reason or consequence of Creation!!??

44. Air breathing moodily,
Waters swarming noisily,
Touch incites a Symphony,
Fragrance of jasmine heavenly!!
Thought wandering aimlessly,
Dreams becoming visionary
When heart is beating erratically,
And love turns away blindly;
To become an unwilling witness,
Of error, ignorance and strife!
When all things seem like nothing,
Lord! Bear with my reasoning
Why so much suffering?
Is that the curse of living???
AISHA IDRIS

45. A Lovely bride
The lonely girl was tired,
The waiting game all over;
She'll finally become a bride,
An end to a bumpy ride!
Arid land thirsty, all dried,
Lusty showers will then hide,
The passion that has died,
Sacred emotions compromised.
Feeling numb, going through motions
The parents now aside,
Don't leave me dad, she cried
Ma don't cry, she smiled
Hansi khusi kar do widah.....
And then the car drived,
Confused, shy, bewildered
Hesitant, she entered,
A new life thence discovered.
Now novelty took over,
Blushing beauty feels smoothered!!
The boy she betrothed,
Has turned into a stranger.
At dawn the morning breeze whispered,
Girl you have to become stronger,
Or face a big disaster;
A woman has taken over,
The lonely, lovely bride.
May God be always with her!
And no one can replace her;
Yesterday's fragile bride;
Is now a strong Mother.

46. GIEZLA IQBAL DOW 1985
Giezla was not well known as a poetess while at Dow but her poetry shows maturity and
sensibility that can only come with experience. She was kind enough to share some of her
verses for this anthology.
‫لب‬ ‫تشنہ‬ ‫بھی‬ ‫سے‬ ‫سمندر‬ ‫ميں‬ ‫پلٹوں‬ ‫کيسے‬
‫کو‬ ‫رکھے‬ ‫تشنگی‬ ِ ‫وقار‬‫ئ‬‫طرح‬ ‫ميری‬ ‫کيا‬
‫کے‬ ‫پروانوں‬ ‫هے‬ ‫ساتھ‬ ‫بس‬ ‫تو‬ ‫رونا‬ ‫کا‬ ‫سب‬
‫کو‬ ‫تو‬ ‫ديکھے‬ ‫کے‬ ‫جل‬‫ئ‬‫طرح‬ ‫کی‬ ‫شمع‬ ‫بھی‬ ‫اور‬
‫اسکا‬ ‫جوش‬ ‫جب‬ ‫هوءے‬ ‫ابھرتے‬ ‫ديکھے‬ ‫سے‬ ‫دور‬
‫کو‬ ‫ديکھے‬ ‫کا‬ ‫موجوں‬ ‫لوٹنا‬‫ئ‬‫طرح‬ ‫کی‬ ‫ساحل‬
‫ممکن‬ ‫رفاقت‬ ‫کی‬ ‫بھر‬ ‫عمر‬ ‫تو‬ ‫بھی‬ ‫ميں‬ ‫دشمنی‬
‫طرح‬ ‫کی‬ ‫غيروں‬ ‫کبھی‬ ‫الجھنا‬ ‫ميں‬ ‫دوستی‬
‫ه‬ ‫پھياليا‬ ‫نور‬ ‫هی‬ ‫نور‬‫اپنے‬ ‫سمت‬ ‫هر‬ ‫ے‬
‫م‬ ‫رکھنا‬ ‫بھی‬ ‫داغ‬ ‫ميں‬ ‫سينے‬‫ه‬ِ‫طرح‬ ‫کی‬ ‫مل‬ ‫کا‬

47. ‫دے‬ ‫کھول‬ ‫پھر‬ ‫کو‬ ‫ذہن‬ ‫کرکے‬ ‫بند‬ ‫آنکھيں‬ ‫کی‬ ‫دل‬
‫دے‬ ‫توڑ‬ ‫ناطے‬ ‫يہ‬ ‫ہی‬ ‫سارے‬ ‫کہ‬ ‫ہوگا‬ ‫ممکن‬ ‫کيسے‬
‫پل؟‬ ‫وہ‬ ‫بھولوگے‬ ‫کيسے‬ ‫لمحے‬ ‫بھولوگےوہ‬ ‫کيسے‬
‫کل؟‬ ‫وہ‬ ‫بھولوگے‬ ‫کيسے‬ ‫ميں‬ ‫موجودگی‬ ‫کی‬ ‫آج‬
‫پہال‬ ‫وہ‬ ‫ميرا‬ ‫کو‬ ‫مجھ‬ ‫گے‬ ٔ‫ٹاو‬ ‫لو‬ ‫کيسے‬‫سکون؟‬
‫آنسو؟‬ ‫جو‬ ‫گرچکے‬ ‫سکوگے‬ ‫دے‬ ‫واپس‬ ‫کيسے‬
‫گيا‬ ‫رہ‬ ‫بھی‬ ‫اب‬ ‫جو‬ ‫باقی‬ ‫حساب‬ ‫وہ‬ ‫کا‬ ‫جگوں‬ ‫رت‬
‫گيا‬ ‫لمحہ‬ ‫اک‬ ‫ايک‬ ‫گذرا‬ ‫سوتےميں‬ ‫جاگتے‬
‫دم؟‬ ‫ايک‬ ‫جو‬ ‫کھال‬ ‫در‬ ‫دوں‬ ‫کر‬ ‫بند‬ ‫سے‬ ‫پھر‬ ‫کيسے‬
‫قدم؟‬ ‫يہ‬ ‫روکوں‬ ‫کيسے‬ ‫اور‬ ‫کو‬ ‫آپ‬ ‫روکوں‬ ‫کيسے‬
‫رہے؟‬ ‫شرمندہ‬ ‫آکے‬ ‫آ‬ ‫پہ‬ ‫زباں‬ ‫شکوے‬ ‫يہ‬ ‫کيسے‬
‫لے‬ ‫جان‬ ‫بھی‬ ‫وہ‬ ‫کاش‬‫رہے؟‬ ‫کر‬ ‫کيوں‬ ‫رہے‬ ‫کيسے‬
‫سفر‬ ‫ميرے‬ ‫تھے‬ ‫وہ‬ ‫کيسے‬ ‫مسافتيں‬ ‫وہ‬ ‫تھيں‬ ‫کيسی‬
‫ہمسفر‬ ‫ہے‬ ‫گيا‬ ‫کھويا‬ ‫ہوں‬ ‫اور‬ ‫پہ‬ ‫کہيں‬ ‫پہنچا‬
‫کيوں‬ ‫بھی‬ ‫اب‬ ‫نے‬ ‫تم‬ ‫ہے‬ ‫کھائ‬ ‫قسم‬ ‫کی‬ ‫کہنے‬ ‫نہ‬ ‫کچھ‬
‫کيوں؟‬ ‫نہ‬ ‫پہلے‬ ‫ليا‬ ‫واپس‬ ‫چکے‬ ‫کہ‬ ‫کچھ‬ ‫سب‬ ‫جو‬ ‫وہ‬
‫ميرا؟‬ ‫جوڑا‬ ‫کيوں‬ ‫تو‬ ‫شيشہ‬ ‫اگر‬ ‫تھا‬ ‫ہی‬ ‫توڑنا‬
‫کھ‬ ‫تھے‬ ‫نہ‬ ‫بھرنے‬ ‫جب‬ ‫رنگ‬‫ميرا؟‬ ‫خاکہ‬ ‫کيوں‬ ‫ہی‬ ‫ينچا‬
‫گ۔‬ ‫آ‬ ‫پہ‬ ‫لبوں‬ ‫کے‬ ‫اس‬ ‫اب‬ ‫جو‬ ‫سارے‬ ‫وہ‬ ‫لفظ‬
‫گ۔؟‬ ‫مرجھا‬ ‫کھلے‬ ‫بن‬ ‫جو‬ ‫کريں‬ ‫کيا‬ ‫کا‬ ‫گلوں‬ ‫ان‬
‫تم؟‬ ‫چھينوگے‬ ‫کو‬ ‫نور‬ ‫اس‬ ‫کے‬ ‫آنکھوں‬ ‫اندهی‬ ‫کيسے‬
‫تو‬ ‫دوگے‬ ‫پھر‬ ‫تيرگی‬ ‫کے‬ ‫روشنی‬ ‫اس‬ ‫بعد‬ ‫کيسے‬
‫گيا؟‬ ‫آہی‬ ‫خيال‬ ‫اب‬ ‫کا‬ ‫دهڑکنوں‬ ‫کی‬ ‫دل‬ ‫کيسے‬
‫اب‬ ‫مالل‬ ‫کيسے‬ ‫کا‬ ‫سانس‬ ‫ہر‬ ‫ہوئ‬ ‫چلتی‬‫گيا؟‬ ‫آ‬
‫اگر‬ ‫نے‬ ‫تم‬ ‫تھی‬ ‫ہی‬ ‫کرنی‬ ‫دوستی‬ ‫لمبی‬ ‫اتنی‬
‫پھر‬ ‫بھی‬ ‫ہم‬ ‫مانگتے‬ ‫ہی‬ ‫زندگی‬ ‫لمبی‬ ‫اتنی‬ ‫تو‬
‫کبھی‬ ‫نے‬ ‫تم‬ ‫ديا‬ ‫دے‬ ‫گر‬ ‫کل‬ ‫بيتا‬ ‫ميرا‬ ‫کو‬ ‫مجھ‬
‫تبھی‬ ‫بھی‬ ‫ہم‬ ‫گے‬ ‫ٹائيں‬ ‫لو‬ ‫ياديں‬ ‫ساری‬ ‫باتيں‬ ‫ساری‬

48. SAMNEENA KHAN DOW 1985
Sameena Khan has blossomed rather late but has made a lot of progress as a poetess in a
short period of time. She mostly writes in blank verse although she has written some powerful
ghazals as well.
‫گوری‬ ‫ہے‬ ‫ممکن‬ ‫تو‬ ‫بھی‬ ‫يہ‬ ‫پر‬
‫ہو‬ ‫ويسا‬ ‫کچھ‬ ‫سب‬
‫اجال‬ ،‫روشن‬ ‫روشن‬،‫اجال‬
‫ہے؟‬ ‫دکھتا‬ ‫جيسا‬
،‫آنسو‬ ‫کے‬ ‫دل‬...‫چھالے‬ ‫کے‬ ‫روح‬
‫ہو؟‬ ‫دهوکہ‬ ‫اک‬ ‫کچھ‬ ‫سب‬ ‫يہ‬
‫روز‬ ‫کو‬ ‫تجھ‬ ‫جو‬ ،‫خواب‬ ‫بھيانک‬ ‫ايک‬
‫ہو؟‬ ‫ڈراتا‬
‫کر‬ ‫آ‬ ‫کرنيں‬ ‫کی‬ ‫سورج‬ ‫جب‬‫تجھے‬
‫ہوں‬ ‫جگاتی‬
‫ہوتا‬ ‫اوجھل‬ ‫منظر‬ ‫يہ‬ ‫ہی‬ ‫کھلتے‬ ‫آنکھيں‬
‫ہو‬
‫آنسو‬ ‫بہتے‬ ،‫سائے‬ ‫کالے‬
‫جاتےهوں؟‬ ‫ہو‬ ‫غائب‬ ‫سب‬
‫کہ‬ ‫ہے‬ ‫ممکن‬‫سب‬ ‫ميں‬ ‫اصل‬‫کچھ‬
،‫ہو‬ ‫ويسا‬ ‫بالکل‬
‫گھر‬ ‫تيرا‬ ‫جسے‬
‫ہوا‬ ‫سجا‬ ‫روشن‬ ،‫رنگين‬
‫؟‬ ...‫بھرپور‬ ‫سے‬ ‫خوشيوں‬ ‫اور‬
‫پہيلی‬
‫کے‬ ‫کر‬ ‫باتيں‬ ‫جھوٹی‬ ‫سچی‬
‫ہنستے‬ ‫ہنستے‬ ‫سے‬ ‫زور‬ ‫زور‬
‫ہے‬ ‫چھپاتی‬ ‫بھيد‬ ‫اپنا‬
‫تو‬‫ہے‬ ‫جاتی‬ ‫پی‬ ‫آنسو‬
،‫اندهيرا‬ ‫گھور‬ ‫اندر‬ ‫کے‬ ‫دل‬
‫ميں‬ ‫گھر‬ ‫روشنياں‬
‫ديواريں‬ ‫اجلی‬
‫گويا‬‫برسات‬ ‫کی‬ ‫رنگوں‬ ‫اک‬
‫نس‬ ‫نس‬‫بھرا‬ ‫درد‬ ‫ہے‬ ‫ميں‬
‫ہيں‬ ‫چھالے‬ ‫پہ‬ ‫روح‬ ‫اور‬
‫ہے‬ ‫چمک‬ ‫تو‬ ‫ميں‬ ‫آنکھوں‬
‫ہيں‬ ‫نالے‬ ‫ميں‬ ‫دل‬ ‫ليکن‬
‫کو‬ ‫زخموں‬ ‫ان‬ ،‫کو‬ ‫روگوں‬ ‫ان‬
‫ہے‬ ‫چھپاتی‬ ‫خوب‬
‫ہے‬ ‫گاتی‬ ‫کے‬ ‫خوشی‬ ‫گيت‬
‫ہے‬ ‫جاتی‬ ‫پی‬ ‫آنسو‬

49. ‫کبض‬ ‫ضیب‬
ٍ‫چہط‬ ‫اجال‬ ‫اّض‬ ‫زل‬ ‫کبال‬ ‫آًکِیں‬ ‫جِْٹی‬
‫زل‬ ‫پتِط‬ ‫اّض‬ ،‫ہٌؽی‬ ‫ًطم‬ ‫لہجہ‬ ‫هیٹِب‬
‫پط‬‫پیبض‬ ‫ؼے‬ ‫ہًْٹْں‬‫ہیں‬ ‫جبضی‬ ‫ًغوے‬ ‫کے‬
‫ہیں‬ ‫جبتے‬ ‫ؼٌبئے‬ ‫گیت‬ ‫کے‬ ‫اهبى‬ ّ ‫اهي‬
‫ہے‬ ‫ًفطت‬ ،‫ہے‬ ‫ثِطا‬ ‫ظہط‬ ‫کے‬ ‫اى‬ ‫هیں‬ ‫زل‬
‫ثٌی‬ ‫ؼے‬ ‫ضًگْں‬ ‫کے‬ ‫الفت‬ ‫لیکي‬ ‫ثبہط‬
‫ہیں‬ ‫پِطتے‬ ‫اّڑُے‬ ‫چبزض‬ ‫ثطًگی‬ ‫ضًگ‬
‫ہیں‬ ‫جبتے‬ ‫ثٌبئے‬ ًَ‫زیْا‬ ْ‫ک‬ ‫زًیب‬
‫ثبؼی‬ ‫کے‬ ‫زًیب‬ ‫کی‬ ‫فطیت‬ ‫اّض‬ ‫زُْکے‬
‫ًفطت‬ ‫هیں‬ ‫زل‬ ‫ذٌجط‬ ‫هیں‬ ‫جیت‬‫اًجبض‬ ‫کب‬ ‫ؼبظؾ‬ ‫هیں‬ ‫شہي‬
‫هطزاض‬ ‫کْئی‬ ‫جیؽے‬ ‫ہیں‬ ‫جیتے‬ ‫اؼے‬
‫الزے‬ ‫پط‬ ‫کٌسُے‬ ‫اپٌے‬ ‫هیں‬ ‫کفي‬ ‫ؼطخ‬ ‫الـہ‬ ‫اپٌب‬
ْ‫ہ‬ ‫جبتب‬ ‫پہ‬ ‫ؼفط‬ ‫فضْل‬ ‫کبض‬ ‫ثے‬ ‫ایک‬
‫اًسُیطا‬ ‫گٌِگِْض‬ ‫هٌعل‬ ‫ثے‬
‫ہے‬ ‫ًہیں‬ ‫اًت‬ ‫کْئی‬ ‫کب‬ ‫جػ‬
SAMEENA KHAN

50. ‫ـبم‬ ‫پہلی‬ ‫کی‬ ‫جٌْضی‬
‫ہْا‬ ‫ثطفیلی‬ ‫ثؽتہ‬ ‫ید‬ ‫اّض‬ ‫ذٌک‬
‫آؼوبں‬ ‫زٌُسال‬ ‫زٌُسال‬
‫پڑا‬ ‫هسُن‬ ‫ثِی‬ ‫چبًس‬
‫ہیں‬ ‫ؼے‬ ‫کوہالئے‬ ‫ثِی‬ ‫...تبضے‬
‫لگب‬ ‫لگٌے‬ ‫هجِے‬ ‫...کیْں‬
‫یہ‬ ْ‫ہ‬ ‫زل‬ ‫هیطا‬ ‫جیؽے‬ ‫کہ‬
‫افعا‬ ‫ضّح‬ ‫کی‬ ‫،ظًسگی‬
‫زّض‬ ‫ؼے‬ ‫گطهی‬ ‫فضب‬ ‫جبں‬
‫پطے‬ ‫ؼے‬ ‫ضّـٌیْں‬
‫اٹب‬ ‫هیں‬ ‫کہطے‬ ‫تبضیک‬ ‫کے‬ ‫...ثطف‬
‫ـبم‬ ‫پہلی‬ ‫کی‬ ‫جٌْضی‬
‫کی‬ ‫زاالًْں‬ ‫ذٌک‬ ‫کے‬ ‫زل‬ ‫هیطے‬
‫هبًٌس‬
‫ہے‬ ‫ّیطاى‬ ‫پِط‬ ‫آج‬
‫ہے‬ ‫ؼٌؽبى‬ ‫ثہت‬ ‫...ہبں‬
SAMEENA KHAN

51. ْ‫ت‬ ‫ثتب‬ ‫هضطط‬ ‫زل‬
‫هیں‬ ‫جبں‬ ّ ‫زل‬،‫ثیمطاضی‬ ‫کیؽی‬ ‫یہ‬
‫ہے‬ ‫گئی‬ ‫ثِط‬ ‫ؼی‬ ‫کلی‬ ‫ثے‬
‫ہے‬ ‫ضہب‬ ْ‫ہ‬ ‫کیب‬ ‫یہ‬ ْ‫ک‬ ‫زُڑکي‬ ‫هیطی‬
‫ثےضثظ‬ ّ ‫تطتیت‬ ‫ثے‬ ‫اتٌی‬ ‫ہے‬ ‫کیْں‬ ‫یہ‬
ْ‫ت‬ ‫ثتب‬ ‫هضطط‬ ‫زل‬
ْ‫ک‬ ِ‫هج‬ ‫ہے‬ ‫لگتب‬ ‫کیْں‬ ‫یہ‬
‫ہے‬ ْ‫ک‬ ‫ہًْے‬ ِ‫کچ‬ ‫...جیؽے‬
‫ہے؟‬ ‫چکب‬ ْ‫ہ‬ ‫ـبیس‬ ‫یب‬
‫اپٌے‬ ‫کے‬ ‫ؼت‬ ، ‫زًیب‬ ‫اپٌی‬ ‫اپٌی‬ ‫کی‬ ‫ؼت‬‫ذْاة‬
‫؟‬ ‫پبغ‬ ْ‫ک‬ ‫کػ‬ ‫تیطا‬ ،‫ڈّثب‬ ‫کْئی‬ ‫ہط‬ ‫هیں‬ ‫آپ‬ ‫اپٌے‬
‫آئیں‬ ‫تیطے‬ ْ‫ج‬ ‫پبغ‬ ‫کط‬ ‫لے‬ ‫زکِڑے‬ ‫اپٌے‬ ‫اپٌے‬
‫آغ‬ ‫کْئی‬ ‫ًہ‬ ِ‫ضک‬ .‫ؼے‬ ‫اى‬ ْ‫ت‬ ُ‫ثبًس‬ ‫ًہ‬ ‫اهیسیں‬
‫ّاال‬ ‫ؼٌٌے‬ ‫ًہ‬ ‫کْئی‬ .‫ّاال‬ ‫زیکٌِے‬ ْ‫ک‬ ِ‫تج‬ ‫ًہ‬ ‫کْئی‬
‫پیبغ‬ ‫لے‬ ‫ثجِب‬ ‫آپ‬ ،‫ہی‬ ‫ذْز‬ ‫لے‬ ‫ثٹب‬ ‫زضز‬ ‫اپٌب‬
‫پْچِے‬ ‫ًہ‬ ‫کْئی‬ ،‫گْضی‬ ‫لے‬ ّ‫ض‬ ‫ثِیتط‬ ‫ثِیتط‬ْ‫ک‬ ِ‫تج‬
‫ًطاغ‬ ‫تجِے‬ ‫کے‬ ‫کط‬ ‫ؼسُبضے‬ ‫پطزیػ‬ ‫ثِی‬ ‫ؼجٌب‬
ْ‫آًؽ‬ ‫تیطے‬ ‫پْچِے‬ ‫ًہ‬ ‫کْئی‬‫ثبًٹے‬ ‫کْئی‬ ‫ًہ‬ ِ‫زک‬
‫ضاغ‬ ْ‫ک‬ ِ‫تج‬ ‫ہے‬ ‫زضز‬ ‫لطف‬ ‫ًہیں‬ ‫کْئی‬ ‫تیطا‬ ‫پہ‬ ‫یہبں‬
‫کل‬ ‫ثے‬ ‫ہے‬ ‫زل‬ ‫یہ‬ ‫کیْں‬ ‫ثْجِل‬ ‫ہیں‬ ‫آًکِیں‬ ‫تیطی‬ ‫کیْں‬
‫پبغ‬ ‫پِٹکے‬ ‫ًہ‬ ‫کْئی‬ ،‫کے‬ ‫زًیب‬ ‫کی‬ ‫هبضّں‬ ‫کے‬ ‫غن‬
‫آًکِیں‬ ‫جِیلیں‬ ‫گہطی‬ ‫اًسض‬ ‫کے‬ ‫زل‬‫لحطا‬ ‫ثٌجط‬
‫اًسض‬ ‫اًسض‬‫ثیبغ‬ ‫اّض‬ ‫ؼتلج‬ ‫جبئیں‬ ‫ثہتے‬
SAMEENA KHAN

52. ‫ًظن‬ ‫ؼی‬ ‫هکول‬ ‫ًب‬ ‫ایک‬
‫ہے‬ ّ‫جبز‬ ٍّ ‫هیں‬ ‫الفبظ‬ ‫هیطے‬
‫ہیں‬ ‫زیتے‬ ‫لگب‬ ‫هیں‬ ‫پبًی‬ ‫آگ‬
‫ہیں‬ ‫زیتے‬ ‫کِال‬ ‫پِْل‬ ‫ططف‬ ‫ہط‬
،‫ہْا‬ ‫زہکتب‬ ‫ؼب‬ ‫ثِْلْں‬ ‫ؼطخ‬‫پبًی‬ ‫ثہتب‬
‫زہک‬ ‫کی‬ ‫الّے‬ ‫گطم‬
‫جبزّگطی‬ ‫ططف‬ ‫ہط‬
‫زے‬ ‫کط‬ ٍ‫ذیط‬ ْ‫ک‬ ِ‫آًک‬ ‫ضّـٌی‬
‫لفع‬‫ططح‬ ‫کی‬ ٌْ‫جگ‬ ‫کطیں‬ ‫جِلول‬
‫پہ‬ ‫تِبپ‬ ‫چِپی‬ ‫هیں‬ ‫زُڑکي‬ ‫کی‬ ‫زل‬
‫زُي‬ ‫ہْئی‬ ‫چجِتی‬ ‫کی‬ ‫زضز‬ ِ‫زک‬
‫ثجے‬ ‫هیں‬ ‫کبًْں‬ ‫هیں‬ ‫آّاظ‬ ‫ـْخ‬
ْ‫لہ‬ ‫ؼطخ‬ ‫کب‬ ‫جؽن‬
‫ثہے‬ ‫تیع‬
‫ثہے‬ ‫تیع‬ ‫شضا‬ ‫اّض‬
‫آغْؾ‬ ‫ہن‬ ‫یْں‬ ْ‫ہ‬ ‫ؼے‬ ‫پبًی‬ ‫آگ‬
‫ثؼس‬ ‫کے‬ ‫جسائی‬ ‫کی‬ ‫ؼبلْں‬ ‫جیؽے‬
‫ہیں‬ ‫کطتے‬ ‫هال‬ ‫هحجْة‬ ‫ثچِڑے‬
‫پبئے‬ ٍ‫ض‬ ‫ًہیں‬ ‫آگ‬ ‫ثِی‬ ‫آگ‬
‫پبًی‬ ‫اّض‬‫ـؼلے‬ ‫ثِڑکتے‬ ‫هیں‬
‫کط‬ ْ‫ہ‬ ‫گطیعاں‬ ‫ؼے‬ ‫جالًے‬ ‫زل‬
‫پط‬ ‫آہٌگ‬ ‫کے‬ ‫ضّـٌی‬ ‫اّض‬ ‫ضًگ‬
‫کطیں‬ ‫ضلك‬
‫کطیں‬ ‫ضلك‬ ‫ؼجِی‬ ‫پہ‬ ‫لے‬ ‫کی‬ ‫زضز‬
‫اًہیں‬ ‫زیکِیں‬ ‫کے‬ ‫هؽکطا‬ ‫ثِی‬ ‫اـک‬
‫کطیں‬ ‫ضـک‬ ‫پہ‬ ‫اى‬ ‫ثِی‬ ‫اًجن‬ ّ ٍ‫هب‬
SAMEENA KHAN

53. ‫دوستی‬
...‫دوستی‬ ‫ہماری‬
‫شے‬ ‫ماورائی‬ ‫اک‬ ‫تھی‬ ‫جو‬
...‫رشتہ‬ ‫وہ‬
‫ہميں‬ ‫جو‬
‫زيادہ‬ ‫سے‬ ‫رشتے‬ ‫دوسرے‬ ‫ہر‬
‫تھا‬ ‫لگتا‬ ‫اچھا‬
‫خوشنما‬ ‫سارے‬ ‫وہ‬
‫خوبصورت‬ ‫کے‬ ‫زندگی‬ ‫اور‬
‫بھرے‬ ‫سے‬ ‫رنگوں‬ ‫سات‬
‫لمحے‬ ‫فکر‬ ‫بے‬ ‫اور‬ ‫لطف‬ ‫پر‬
‫رہنا‬ ‫نہ‬ ‫پل‬ ‫اک‬ ‫بنا‬ ‫دوجے‬ ‫اک‬ ‫وہ‬
‫ہنسی‬ ‫وہ‬ ‫کھنکتی‬
‫آزاد‬ ‫فکر‬ ‫بے‬ ‫اور‬
‫رات‬ ‫اور‬ ‫دن‬
‫پہ‬ ‫بات‬ ‫اک‬ ‫اک‬ ‫وہ‬
‫کھلکھالنا‬ ،‫ہنسنا‬ ‫وجہ‬ ‫بے‬
‫پہلے‬ ‫سے‬ ‫ہونے‬ ‫ادا‬ ‫بات‬ ‫سے‬ ‫منہ‬ ‫وہ‬
‫پانا‬ ‫کو‬ ‫بات‬ ‫کی‬ ‫دوسرے‬

54. ‫تھا‬ ‫مثالی‬ ‫جو‬ ‫گہرا‬ ‫اتنا‬ ‫تعلق‬
‫رہنا‬ ‫ساتھ‬ ‫ہميشہ‬
‫گھنٹوں‬ ‫بيٹھنا‬ ‫پہ‬ ‫سيڑهيوں‬
‫ميں‬ ‫جس‬ ،‫چائے‬ ‫کڑوی‬ ‫وہ‬
‫تھی‬ ‫حالوت‬ ‫جيسی‬ ‫کی‬ ‫شہد‬
‫جانا‬ ‫من‬ ‫ہی‬ ‫سے‬ ‫خود‬ ‫پھر‬ ‫اور‬ ‫لڑنا‬ ‫وہ‬
‫تحفے‬ ‫چھوٹے‬ ‫چھوٹے‬ ‫وہ‬
‫تھے‬ ‫شامل‬ ‫جذبے‬ ‫زيادہ‬ ‫سے‬ ‫قيمت‬ ‫ميں‬ ‫جن‬
‫لگانا‬ ‫گپ‬ ‫گھنٹوں‬ ‫وہ‬
‫رہنا‬ ‫مگن‬ ‫ميں‬ ‫گوسپ‬ ‫کے‬ ‫مل‬ ‫باہم‬ ‫وہ‬
‫گہرا‬ ‫اتنا‬ ‫بھروسہ‬
‫پائے‬ ‫نہ‬ ‫توڑ‬ ‫کوئی‬ ‫کو‬ ‫جس‬
‫پيارا‬ ‫سے‬ ‫رشتے‬ ‫اک‬ ‫ہر‬ ‫کے‬ ‫محبت‬
‫کا‬ ‫دوستی‬ ‫تعلق‬
‫رشتہ‬ ‫انمول‬ ‫اک‬ ‫،وہ‬
‫ہم‬ ‫ميں‬ ‫جس‬ ‫بتائے‬ ‫،بن‬
‫اندر‬ ‫کے‬ ‫دل‬ ‫کے‬ ‫دوسرے‬ ‫اک‬
‫تھے‬ ‫ليتے‬ ‫جھانک‬
‫تھے‬ ‫ليتے‬ ‫جان‬ ‫يہ‬ ‫ہم‬ ،‫ہے‬ ‫چپ‬ ‫کيوں‬ ‫،کوئی‬
،‫جذبے‬ ‫چھپے‬ ‫ميں‬ ‫نگاہوں‬

55. ‫غم‬ ‫اور‬ ‫خوشی‬
‫تھے‬ ‫ليتے‬ ‫پہچان‬ ‫انہيں‬ ‫پوچھے‬ ‫بنا‬
‫؟‬ ‫کو‬ ‫ہم‬ ‫گيا‬ ‫ہو‬ ‫کيا‬ ‫پھر‬ ‫تو‬
‫ہے‬ ‫مثالی‬ ‫بھی‬ ‫اب‬ ‫دوستی‬ ‫ہماری‬ ‫تو‬ ‫بظاہر‬
‫دلی‬ ‫خوش‬ ‫اور‬ ‫وارفتگی‬ ‫وہی‬
‫مانند‬ ‫کی‬ ‫پہلے‬
‫آئے‬ ‫نظر‬ ‫زيادہ‬ ‫بھی‬ ‫سے‬ ‫اس‬ ‫شايد‬ ‫يا‬
‫جوابی‬ ‫حاضر‬ ‫وہی‬ ،‫ہنسنا‬ ‫وہی‬
‫تحائف‬ ‫تحفے‬ ‫وہی‬
‫مہنگے‬ ‫ہيں‬ ‫زيادہ‬ ‫کہيں‬ ‫سے‬ ‫پہلے‬ ‫جو‬
‫ہو‬ ‫کمی‬ ‫کچھ‬ ‫جسے‬ ‫ہے‬ ‫لگتا‬ ‫مگر‬
،‫محفل‬ ‫کی‬ ‫چائے‬ ‫وہی‬
‫کيوں‬ ‫جانے‬ ‫نہ‬ ‫مگر‬
‫ہو‬ ‫سا‬ ‫خال‬ ‫اک‬ ‫جيسے‬ ‫بھی‬ ‫ميں‬ ‫اس‬
‫ہے‬ ‫نہيں‬ ‫کڑوی‬ ‫اب‬ ‫چائے‬ ‫اگرچہ‬
‫ہے‬ ‫بنی‬ ‫ميں‬ ‫ہوٹل‬ ‫اعلی‬
‫ہے؟‬ ‫گيا‬ ‫ہو‬ ‫کيا‬ ‫مزہ‬ ‫وہ‬ ‫جانے‬ ‫نہ‬
‫ہے‬ ‫گيا‬ ‫کھو‬ ‫وہ‬ ‫کہاں‬
‫ہيں‬ ‫نہيں‬ ‫وہ‬ ‫اب‬ ‫قہقہے‬ ‫ہمارے‬

56. ‫ہے‬ ‫زيادہ‬ ‫شور‬ ‫ميں‬ ‫ان‬ ‫گو‬
‫لگتے؟‬ ‫کيوں‬ ‫ہيں‬ ‫سے‬ ‫بدلے‬ ‫يہ‬ ‫کو‬ ‫مجھ‬ ‫پھر‬ ‫تو‬
‫ہے؟‬ ‫گيا‬ ‫ہو‬ ‫کيا‬ ‫بھال‬
‫ميرا‬ ‫ہو‬ ‫شايد‬ ‫...وہم‬
‫ميں‬ ‫قہقہوں‬ ‫ان‬ ‫سے‬ ‫خوشحال‬ ‫مگر‬
‫ہے‬ ‫گئی‬ ‫بڑه‬ ‫نمائش‬ ‫اور‬ ،‫کم‬ ‫زندگی‬
‫پيتے‬ ‫ٹی‬ ‫ہائی‬ ،‫کھلکھالتے‬ ‫ہنستے‬ ‫ہم‬
‫ہيں‬ ‫لگتے‬ ‫ہی‬ ‫ويسے‬ ‫بظاہر‬
‫تھے‬ ‫پہلے‬ ‫برسوں‬ ‫جيسے‬
‫اورقابل؟‬ ‫خوشحال‬ ‫ہی‬ ‫زيادہ‬ ‫شايد‬ ‫يا‬
‫ہے‬ ‫گيا‬ ‫کھو‬ ‫کچھ‬ ‫مگر‬
‫ہوئے‬ ‫جھانکے‬ ‫ميں‬ ‫آنکھ‬ ‫کی‬ ‫دوسرے‬ ‫اک‬ ‫ہميں‬
‫ہيں‬ ‫ہوئے‬ ‫برسوں‬
‫ہے‬ ‫گيا‬ ‫ہو‬ "‫"ہمارا‬ ‫غم‬ ‫ہمارا‬
‫سے‬ ‫دوجے‬ ‫ايک‬ ‫کوئی‬ ‫کہ‬
‫کہتا‬ ‫نہيں‬ ‫يہ‬ ‫اب‬ ‫کبھی‬
"! ‫تم‬ ‫سناؤ‬ ‫دکھ‬ ‫اپنا‬ ‫کچھ‬ "
SAMEENA KHAN

57. ‫لگی‬ ‫ڈُلٌے‬ ‫ثِی‬ ‫ضات‬ ‫زُیطے‬ ‫زُیطے‬
‫جلٌے‬ ‫ہی‬ ِ‫ؼبت‬ ‫ثِی‬ ‫ظًسگی‬‫لگی‬
‫گئیں‬ ‫ہْتی‬ ‫گل‬ ‫ـوؼیں‬ ٍ‫لطط‬ ٍ‫لطط‬
‫لگی‬ ‫ہًْے‬ ‫ثؽط‬ ‫ـت‬ ‫ضفتہ‬ ‫ضفتہ‬
‫چلے‬ ِْ‫ک‬ ‫پطًسے‬ ‫ڈّثے‬ ‫هیں‬ ‫ًیٌس‬
‫لگی‬ ‫ہًْے‬ ‫چجِي‬ ‫هیں‬ ‫آًکِْں‬ ‫ؼطخ‬
‫ؼحط‬ ‫زیتی‬ ‫کیب‬ ِ‫ؼبت‬ ‫کب‬ ‫تیطگی‬
‫لگی‬ ‫ہًْے‬ ‫ـل‬ ‫کے‬ ‫تِک‬ ‫آذط‬ ‫ثِی‬ ٍّ
‫لگی‬ ‫ہًْے‬ ‫یْں‬ ‫ـبم‬ ‫کی‬ ‫ظًسگی‬
‫لگی‬ ‫ہًْے‬ ‫ذتن‬ ‫ًمسی‬ ‫ػوطکی‬
SAMEENA KHAN

58. SALEEM A KHANANI DOW 1985
Saleem is a practicing hematologist and medical oncologist in the USA besides indulging in
some light poetry. He also edits the DMC Class of 1985 digital magazine.
‫کی‬ ‫کہنے‬ ‫غزل‬ ‫تھی‬ ‫ٹھانی‬ ‫نے‬ ‫دل‬
‫کی‬ ‫سننے‬ ‫کچھ‬ ‫کی‬ ‫کہنے‬ ‫کچھ‬ ‫سے‬ ‫تجھ‬
‫کی‬ ‫حسن‬ ‫تيرے‬ ‫جو‬‫کرے‬ ‫توصيف‬
‫سے‬ ‫نگری‬ ‫کسی‬ ‫الفاظ‬ ‫وہ‬ ‫الئوں‬ ‫کے‬ ‫ڈهونڈه‬
‫سے‬ ‫بستی‬ ‫کسی‬ ‫ايسی‬ ‫ہو‬ ‫خوشبو‬ ‫ميں‬ ‫جس‬
‫طرح‬ ‫کی‬ ‫تاروں‬ ‫جھلمالتےہوۓ‬
‫ہوۓ‬ ‫مہکے‬ ‫سے‬ ‫پھول‬
‫طرح‬ ‫کی‬ ‫بھرےہاروں‬ ‫رنگ‬
‫ہو‬ ‫ميں‬ ‫مصرع‬ ‫ہر‬ ‫کے‬ ‫جس‬ ‫غزل‬ ‫وہ‬‫مخفی‬ ‫تيرا‬ ‫حسن‬
‫ايسی‬ ‫ہو‬ ‫رديف‬ ‫اور‬ ‫کا‬ ‫اس‬ ‫ہو‬ ‫ايسا‬ ‫قافيہ‬
‫ميں‬ ‫کو‬ ‫الجھن‬ ‫رہا‬ ‫الجھتا‬ ‫بس‬‫ميں‬ ‫سلجھانے‬
‫ميں‬ ‫ويرانے‬ ‫سے‬ ‫طرح‬ ‫اس‬ ‫گيا‬ ‫پھيل‬ ‫سا‬ ‫نور‬
‫کر‬ ‫نکل‬ ‫سے‬ ‫بادل‬ ‫کسی‬ ‫دم‬ ‫يک‬ ‫جيسے‬
‫پر‬ ‫فلک‬ ‫جاۓ‬ ‫بکھر‬ ‫مہتاب‬ ‫نور‬
‫شاعر‬ ‫اے‬ ‫کہ‬ ‫نے‬ ‫اس‬ ‫کہا‬ ‫يہ‬ ‫کر‬ ‫کھلکھال‬
‫جادوگر‬ ‫اک‬ ‫ميں‬ ‫کا‬ ‫لفظوں‬ ‫تجھے‬ ‫ہوں‬ ‫مانتی‬
‫نہيں‬ ‫سکتا‬ ‫سما‬ ‫ميں‬ ‫لفظوں‬ ‫کاغذی‬ ‫حسن‬
‫نہيں‬ ‫سکتا‬ ‫دکھا‬ ‫آئينہ‬ ‫کوئ‬ ‫ايسا‬ ‫عکس‬
‫مير‬ ‫کو‬ ‫حسن‬‫سمجھ‬ ‫طلبگار‬ ‫کا‬ ‫لفظوں‬ ‫نہ‬ ‫ے‬
‫سے‬ ‫ڈر‬ ‫کے‬ ‫لفظوں‬ ‫ہو‬ ‫نہ‬ ‫تو‬ ‫حراساں‬ ‫يوں‬
‫سے‬ ‫ہنر‬ ‫اپنے‬ ‫ذرا‬ ‫سوچ‬ ‫مجھے‬ ‫تو‬
‫سے‬ ‫نظر‬ ‫کی‬ ‫دل‬ ‫تيرے‬ ‫ديکھ‬ ‫مجھے‬ ‫بس‬

59. ‫ناصح‬ ‫سےتوقع‬ ‫کرہم‬ ‫نہ‬ ‫کی‬ ‫بيوفائ‬
‫ہے‬ ‫رکھا‬ ‫لگا‬ ‫پيمان‬ ‫سے‬ ‫پيمانہ‬ ‫نے‬ ‫ہم‬
‫سے‬ ‫مجھ‬ ‫پوچھا‬ ‫تجھے‬ ‫کر‬ ‫بنا‬ ‫نے‬ ‫قدرت‬ ‫دست‬
‫رکھا‬ ‫کيا‬ ‫ميں‬ ‫ديد‬ ‫تيری‬ ‫کہ‬ ‫ہے‬ ‫ديکھنا‬‫ہے‬
‫بند‬ ‫کا‬ ‫رسوائ‬ ‫مجھے‬ ‫گا‬ ‫سکے‬ ‫روک‬ ‫نہ‬ ‫آج‬
‫ہے‬ ‫رکھا‬ ‫اٹھا‬ ‫طوفان‬ ‫نے‬ ‫شوق‬ ‫ديدۂ‬
‫ہيں‬ ‫لگتے‬ ‫خفا‬ ‫بھی‬ ‫ساۓ‬ ‫کے‬ ‫شام‬ ‫تو‬ ‫آج‬
‫ہے‬ ‫رکھا‬ ‫جال‬ ‫کو‬ ‫مجھ‬ ‫يوں‬ ‫نے‬ ‫دهوپ‬ ‫کی‬ ‫صبح‬
‫ليکن‬ ‫کر‬ ‫بچھڑ‬ ‫سے‬ ‫تجھ‬ ‫ابھی‬ ‫تھا‬ ‫سنبھال‬ ‫کہ‬ ‫دل‬
‫ہے‬ ‫رکھا‬ ‫ال‬ ‫سامنے‬ ‫تيرے‬ ‫سے‬ ‫پھر‬ ‫نے‬ ‫وقت‬
‫رواں‬ ‫سے‬ ‫قدموں‬ ‫ہوۓ‬ ‫لڑکھراتے‬
‫بہ‬ ‫رقص‬‫فشاں‬ ‫شعلہ‬ ‫دل‬ ‫آتش‬
‫جواں‬ ‫روح‬ ‫مگر‬ ‫ہے‬ ‫پگھال‬ ‫جسم‬
‫رواں‬ ‫عمر‬ ‫رود‬ ‫می‬ ‫منزل‬ ‫سوی‬
SALEEM A KHANANI

60. ‫ہے‬ ‫کھائ‬ ‫قسم‬ ‫نے‬ ‫اس‬ ‫مجھے‬ ‫کی‬ ‫ستانے‬ ‫نا‬
‫ہوگی‬ ‫اڑائ‬ ‫نے‬ ‫دشمن‬ ‫کسی‬ ‫ہوائ‬ ‫يہ‬
‫ميں‬ ‫گی‬ ‫ديکھوں‬ ‫ميں‬ ‫خواب‬ ‫تمہيں‬ ‫نے‬ ‫اس‬ ‫ديا‬ ‫کہ‬
‫ہوگی‬ ‫آئ‬ ‫نہ‬ ‫نيند‬ ‫پھر‬ ‫ہے‬ ‫لگتا‬ ‫بھر‬ ‫عمر‬
‫تيرا‬ ‫ہے‬ ‫بڑهتا‬ ‫حسن‬‫کرايسے‬ ‫بگڑ‬ ‫سے‬ ‫مجھ‬
‫ہوگی‬ ‫آئ‬ ‫کے‬ ‫روٹھ‬ ‫پھر‬ ‫سے‬ ‫چاند‬ ‫چاندنی‬
‫ہے‬ ‫کرتی‬ ‫طلب‬ ‫خريدار‬ ‫سا‬ ‫تجھ‬ ‫جاں‬ ‫نقد‬
‫ہوگی‬ ‫پرائ‬ ‫آج‬ ‫پر‬ ‫تھی‬ ‫ميری‬ ‫تلک‬ ‫کل‬
‫ترا‬ ‫ہے‬ ‫ابھرا‬ ‫نام‬‫کی‬ ‫دل‬ ‫جلتے‬ ‫پہ‬ ‫راکھ‬
‫ہوگی‬ ‫لگائ‬ ‫آگ‬ ‫کبھی‬ ‫ميں‬ ‫گلشن‬ ‫صحن‬
‫کے‬ ‫کر‬ ‫برہنہ‬ ‫کو‬ ‫شاخوں‬ ‫ميری‬ ‫وہ‬ ‫دي۔‬ ‫چل‬
‫ہوگی‬ ‫سکھائ‬ ‫نے‬ ‫موسم‬ ‫اسے‬ ‫تو‬ ‫ادا‬ ‫يہ‬
SALEEM A KHANANI

61. INSPIRED BY ALLAMA MOHAMMAD IQBAL
‫شکار‬ ‫کنم‬ ‫را‬ ‫حرم‬ ‫طايران‬ ‫که‬ ‫رفتم‬
‫بدہ‬ ‫کارگر‬ ‫فتد‬ ‫نافکندہ‬ ‫که‬ ‫تيری‬
‫فروز‬ ‫بر‬ ‫داؤد‬ ٔ‫ه‬‫نغم‬ ‫نور‬ ‫به‬ ‫خاکم‬
‫بدہ‬ ‫شرر‬ ‫بال‬ ‫و‬ ‫پر‬ ‫مرا‬ ‫ذرہ‬ ‫هر‬
O Lord! Give me a heart
Not just beating unaware in the chest
of mere bones and flesh
Make it conscious of its own rhythm
Let me not just drink aimlessly
Give me the vision to see the wine dance in the cup
Flying I am to prey upon the birds of Harem
Give me the strength to free them from the captivity
Of their own limits
Let me make them fly to see
The world that lies outside
Pulsating with desire to be explored
I am nothing but a handful of dust
Throw me around
Let every particle of my being
Be ignited by the Song of David
Let the mountains move with my words
Let the valleys echo my thoughts
SALEEM A KHANANI

62. A poem for my friends with whom I never spoke
Interesting
Did we ever speak to each other
During the seven long years at Dow?
Relationship does not need words for its expression
What joins the hearts is durable
What binds the mind is stronger
What tickles the intellect is delightful
A friendship fostered
By an environment shared
By a school attended
By a book enjoyed in mutual contemplation
By a poem written in response
To a friend's in unintended suggestion
It is just priceless
SALEEM A KHANANI

63. I cry and cry
And then I dream
And in my dreams
I see nothing but you
I see you everywhere
I see you so much
My dreams shall come true
You must come!
And then there is this solitary breeze
And a lonely cage
The breeze carries no news about you
And I can sit face to face
With the lonely cage
And cry and cry so much
That I see you in my dream
I see you everywhere
I see you so much as if
You have arrived
You sit by my side
And smile
And then the solitary breeze
And the lonely cage
SALEEM A KHANANI

64. SHAFQUAT MAHMOOD DOW 1985
Shafquat was highly respected as a poet during the college days. He continues to write poetry
and has been working on publishing his collection.

65. SHAFQUAT MAHMOOD

66. SHAFQUAT MAHMOOD

67. SYED RAZI MUHAMMAD DOW 1985
Syed Razi Muhammad is practically speaking the poet laureate of the class of 1985. An
outstanding poet whose mastery extends over different genres of poetry, he won laurels in the
various poetry competitions during college life. An outstanding human being, he is a well-known
surgeon and educator in Pakistan.
‫ہے‬ ‫کا‬ ‫سال‬ ‫و‬ ‫ماہ‬ ِ‫تکليف‬ ‫نہ‬ ‫کا‬ ‫پن‬ ‫اکيلے‬
‫ہے‬ ‫کا‬ ‫مالل‬ ‫ترے‬ ،‫ہے‬ ‫بچا‬ ‫جو‬ ‫اب‬ ‫مالل‬
‫مجھے‬ ‫مالل‬ ‫نہيں‬ ‫گز‬ ‫ہر‬ ‫کا‬ ‫سوال‬ ‫ترے‬
‫ہے‬ ‫کا‬ ‫سوال‬ ‫مرے‬ ‫نکلے‬ ‫سے‬ ‫سوال‬ ‫ترے‬
‫موجود‬ ‫تو‬ ‫ہے‬ ‫نہيں‬ ‫ميں‬ ‫اس‬ ‫کہ‬ ‫ہے‬ ‫گلہ‬ ‫تجھے‬
‫کا‬ ‫خيال‬ ‫ترے‬ ‫ہی‬ ‫بنا‬ ‫تو‬ ‫آئينہ‬ ‫يہ‬‫ہے‬
‫بازی‬ ‫کی‬ ‫عشق‬ ‫ہوں‬ ‫ہارا‬ ‫کے‬ ‫جيت‬ ‫ميں‬ ‫اگر‬
‫ہے‬ ‫کا‬ ‫حال‬ ‫شکستہ‬ ‫انائے‬ ‫ميری‬ ‫قصور‬
‫بخشی‬ ‫نے‬ ‫ہجر‬ ِ‫ت‬‫لمحا‬ ‫ترے‬ ‫آگہی‬ ‫يہ‬
‫ہے‬ ‫کا‬ ‫وصال‬ ‫ترے‬ ،‫موسم‬ ‫گيا‬ ‫رائيگاں‬ ‫جو‬
‫تھی‬ ‫سکتی‬ ‫بيت‬ ‫چاپ‬ ‫چپ‬ ‫يونہی‬ ‫زندگی‬ ‫يہ‬
‫ہے‬ ‫کا‬ ‫حال‬ ِ‫عرض‬ ‫اور‬ ‫بہت‬ ‫سے‬ ‫خود‬ ‫ہے‬ ‫گلہ‬
‫رضی‬ ‫تو‬ ‫ميں‬ ‫پيار‬ ‫کی‬ ‫بلندی‬ ‫ہے‬ ‫حد‬ ‫يہ‬ ‫اگر‬
‫اس‬ ‫اب‬‫ہے‬ ‫کا‬ ‫زوال‬ ‫قدم‬ ‫اگال‬ ‫ہر‬ ‫بعد‬ ‫کے‬

68. ‫ًئے‬‫پط‬ ‫هلٌے‬ ‫ثبز‬ ‫هجبضک‬ ‫کی‬ ‫ؼبل‬ ‫اؼالهی‬
‫ہے‬ ‫لگتب‬ ‫اچِب‬ ‫ؼٌٌب‬ ‫کلوبت‬ ‫ثِطے‬ ‫ذْـیْں‬ ‫اّض‬ ‫ہًْب‬ ‫ذْؾ‬ ‫هجِے‬
‫تِیں‬ ‫ہْتی‬ ‫حبل‬ ‫پطیفبں‬ ‫اهی‬ ‫جت‬ ‫هیں‬ ‫ثچپي‬ ‫هگط‬
‫تِے‬ ‫لگتے‬ ‫ثِی‬ ‫هْلغ‬ ‫ثے‬ ‫اظہبض‬ ‫ؼجِی‬ ‫کے‬ ‫ذْـیْں‬ ْ‫ت‬
‫تِی‬ ‫لگتی‬ ‫ثِی‬ ‫گؽتبذی‬ ‫جیؽے‬ ‫هیں‬ ‫اى‬ ‫اّض‬
‫ثِی‬ ‫جت‬ ْ‫ؼ‬‫ہے‬ ‫آتب‬ ‫ضّظ‬ ‫کب‬ ‫اثتسا‬ ‫کی‬ ‫غن‬ ‫کے‬ ‫ق‬ ‫هطؼل‬ ِ‫س‬‫احو‬ ِ‫ذبًساى‬
‫ہْں‬ ‫کطتب‬ ‫اًساظ‬ ‫ًظط‬ ‫زًیبّی‬ ِ‫تہْاض‬ ‫هیں‬ ْ‫ت‬
‫ہْں‬ ‫کطتب‬ ‫اػعاظ‬ ‫ثمس‬ ‫ـطکت‬ ‫هیں‬ ‫ـجیطع‬ ِ‫غن‬
‫ہْں‬ ‫کطتب‬ ‫ًبظ‬ ‫کط‬ ُ‫ثڑ‬ ‫ؼے‬ ‫ًؽجت‬ ‫ہط‬ ‫پہ‬ ‫ًؽجت‬ ‫اؼی‬
SYED RAZI MUHAMMAD

69. ‫ہے‬ ‫لمحاتی‬ ،‫ہے‬ ‫جزوی‬ ،‫فغاں‬ ِ‫ضبط‬ ‫غلبئہ‬
‫ہی‬ ‫پاس‬ ‫کہيں‬ ‫کے‬ ‫دل‬ ‫غم‬ ِ‫فوج‬‫ہے‬ ‫منڈالتی‬
‫والے‬ ‫جانے‬ ‫تھا‬ ‫اور‬ ‫کچھ‬ ‫تو‬ ‫مرگ‬ ِ‫ب‬‫مطل‬
‫ہے‬ ‫کہالتی‬ ‫بھی‬ ‫تنہائی‬ ‫يہ‬ ‫بتاليا‬ ‫نے‬ ‫تو‬
‫شے‬ ‫اک‬ ‫ميں‬ ‫مجھ‬ ‫کہ‬ ‫پہ‬ ‫مجھ‬ ‫ہوا‬ ‫آج‬ ‫منکشف‬
‫ہے‬ ‫گھبراتی‬ ‫سے‬ ‫قرب‬ ‫ترے‬ ، ‫سے‬ ‫ملنے‬ ‫سے‬ ‫تجھ‬
‫کھال‬ ‫سے‬ ‫تقاضوں‬ ‫باغی‬ ‫کچھ‬ ‫کے‬ ‫جسم‬ ‫ہی‬ ‫اپنے‬
‫ہے‬ ‫جاتی‬ ‫بدل‬ ‫وفاداری‬ ‫کی‬ ‫اپنوں‬ ‫کيسے‬
‫خواہاں‬ ‫کے‬ ‫تحقيق‬ ‫تو‬ ‫تم‬‫يہاں‬ ‫ميرے‬ ‫مگر‬ ،‫ہو‬
‫ہے‬ ‫کہالتی‬ ‫ہی‬ ‫جرم‬ ‫ابھی‬ ‫سوچ‬ ‫مختلف‬
‫سے‬ ‫ان‬ ‫دنيا‬ ‫ہے‬ ‫تھراتی‬ ،‫ہيں‬ ‫والے‬ ‫خدا‬ ‫جو‬
‫ہے‬ ‫بہکاتی‬ ، ‫ہيں‬ ‫کے‬ ‫بہکنے‬ ‫گار‬ ‫طلب‬ ‫جو‬
‫حيات‬ ِ‫ہ‬‫را‬ ‫يہ‬ ‫ہے‬ ‫جاتی‬ ‫چلی‬ ‫ہی‬ ‫سيدهی‬ ‫تو‬ ‫يوں‬
‫ہے‬ ‫کھاتی‬ ‫بل‬ ،‫ہے‬ ‫جاتی‬ ‫ِل‬‫م‬ ‫جہاں‬ ‫الفت‬ ِ‫ہ‬‫را‬
‫جدا‬ ‫اسرار‬ ‫ہيں‬ ‫کے‬ ‫محبت‬ ‫ميں‬ ‫دل‬ ‫ہر‬ ‫تو‬ ‫يوں‬
‫اسرار‬ ‫پر‬ ‫اک‬‫ہے‬ ‫آتی‬ ‫نظر‬ ‫سمتی‬ ‫يک‬ ‫سی‬
‫رضی‬ ‫ہيں‬ ‫ڈهونڈے‬ ‫راستے‬ ‫کئی‬ ‫بھی‬ ‫ميں‬ ‫اس‬ ‫نے‬ ‫ميں‬
‫يہ‬‫کہالتی‬ ‫آوارگی‬ ‫ميں‬ ‫لوگوں‬ ‫تم‬ ‫جو‬‫ہے‬
SYED RAZI MUHAMMAD

70. ‫پر‬ ‫سر‬ ‫مرے‬ ‫کا‬ ‫شفقت‬ ِ‫ت‬‫دس‬ ‫س‬‫ا‬ ‫تھا‬ ‫لمس‬ ‫ِک‬‫ا‬ ‫عجب‬
‫تھی‬ ‫آتی‬ ‫سے‬ ‫گرمی‬ ‫کی‬ ‫آغوش‬ ‫جو‬ ‫تھی‬ ‫قوت‬ ‫عجب‬
‫لڑاتا‬ ‫سے‬ ‫شيروں‬ ‫ميں‬ ‫دن‬ ‫جو‬ ‫حوصلہ‬ ‫تھا‬ ‫عجب‬
‫تھا‬
‫تسکين‬ ‫عجب‬‫تھی‬ ‫بالتی‬ ‫نينديں‬ ‫ميں‬ ‫رات‬ ‫جو‬ ‫تھی‬
‫خوبياں‬ ‫اتنی‬ ‫نہ‬ ‫ہوتيں‬ ‫ميں‬ ‫آپ‬ ‫تھا‬ ‫سوچتا‬ ‫اکثر‬ ‫ميں‬
‫جاتا‬ ‫ہو‬ ‫آسان‬ ‫بھولنا‬ ‫تو‬
‫کو‬ ‫مجھ‬ ‫ہے‬ ‫فخر‬ ‫جو‬ ‫پر‬ ‫آپ‬ ‫ہوں‬ ‫جانتا‬ ‫ميں‬ ‫مگر‬
‫ہے‬ ‫ديتا‬ ‫ساتھ‬ ‫ميرا‬ ‫ميں‬ ‫سہنے‬ ‫کو‬ ‫بوجھ‬ ‫کے‬ ‫غم‬ ‫وہ‬
‫ہے‬ ‫ديتا‬ ‫ساتھ‬ ‫ميرا‬ ‫ميں‬ ‫کہنے‬ ‫سچ‬ ‫کذب‬ ِ‫درون‬
‫ميرا‬ ‫ميں‬ ‫رہنے‬ ‫کے‬ ‫اسباب‬ ‫بغير‬‫ہے‬ ‫ديتا‬ ‫ساتھ‬
‫زندگی‬ ‫ميری‬ ‫کے‬ ‫مل‬ ‫مذہب‬ ‫اور‬ ‫منطق‬ ،‫فخرذات‬ ‫يہ‬
‫ہيں‬ ‫ليتے‬ ‫تھام‬ ‫کو‬
‫ہے‬ ‫چلتی‬ ‫درد‬ ‫ہوائے‬ ‫سے‬ ‫وقفے‬ ‫وقفے‬ ‫جب‬ ‫مگر‬
‫ہے‬ ‫لگتا‬ ‫پھٹنے‬ ‫سينہ‬ ‫تو‬
‫ہے‬ ‫لگتا‬ ‫جلنے‬ ‫کليجہ‬ ‫سے‬ ‫تمازت‬ ‫کی‬ ‫خيالوں‬
‫ہونے‬ ‫خالی‬ ‫کے‬ ‫کر‬ ‫قطرہ‬ ‫قطرہ‬ ‫پيالہ‬ ‫کا‬ ‫منگوں‬‫ا‬
‫ہے‬ ‫لگتا‬
‫بيٹا‬ ‫کا‬ ‫آپ‬ ‫پھر‬ ‫ميں‬ ‫اوٹ‬ ‫کی‬ ‫کھوں‬‫د‬‫مرنے‬ ‫دوبارہ‬
‫ہے‬ ‫لگتا‬
‫ڈيڈی‬ ‫بتالئيے‬ ‫مجھے‬
‫کيا‬ ‫ميں‬ ‫کہ‬ ‫گا‬ ‫سمجھے‬ ‫کون‬ ‫بتائوں‬ ‫کو‬ ‫کس‬ ‫اب‬ ‫ميں‬
‫ہوں؟‬
‫کھولوں‬ ‫پہ‬ ‫کس‬ ‫گرہيں‬ ‫پوشيدہ‬ ‫کی‬ ‫قلب‬ ‫اپنے‬ ‫ميں‬
‫گا؟‬
‫بولوں‬ ‫سے‬ ‫کس‬ ،‫سے‬ ‫ہی‬ ‫آپ‬ ‫پايا‬ ‫بول‬ ‫ميں‬ ‫گر‬ ‫نہ‬
‫گا؟‬
‫لوں‬ ‫رو‬ ‫پہ‬ ‫مرقد‬ ‫کے‬ ‫آپ‬ ‫ميں‬ ‫تو‬ ‫گے‬ ‫ديں‬ ‫اجازت‬
‫گا‬
‫ہوں‬ ‫رہا‬ ‫جا‬ ‫گھلتا‬ ‫ميں‬ ‫کھ‬‫د‬ ‫وگرنہ‬‫سکتا‬ ‫نہيں‬ ‫رو‬ ،
‫سکتا‬ ‫نہيں‬ ‫سو‬ ،‫ہوں‬ ‫گيا‬ ‫گھر‬ ‫ميں‬ ‫وحشتوں‬ ‫اکيال‬
‫سکتا‬ ‫نہيں‬ ‫،ہو‬ ‫جيسا‬ ‫آپ‬ ‫ميں‬ ‫کبھی‬ !‫ڈيڈی‬ ‫مرے‬
‫ستمبر‬ ‫(چھ‬ ‫نظم‬ ‫ايک‬ ‫ليے‬ ‫کے‬ ‫ڈيڈی‬۲۰۰۲ِ‫بروز‬
)‫جمعہ‬
‫ياد‬ ‫لذت‬ ‫کی‬ ‫چلنے‬ ‫کر‬ ‫تھام‬ ‫نگلی‬‫ا‬ ‫کی‬ ‫ڈيڈی‬ ‫مجھے‬
‫ہے‬ ‫آتی‬
‫ميں‬ ‫جن‬ ‫تھے‬ ‫فکری‬ ‫بے‬ ِ‫ايام‬ ‫عجب‬
‫تھی‬ ‫خواہش‬ ‫کی‬ ‫هنے‬ ‫بڑ‬ ‫فقط‬
‫ذرا‬‫تھے‬ ‫لپکتے‬ ‫بازو‬ ‫کئی‬ ‫پر‬ ‫لڑکھڑاہٹ‬ ‫سی‬
‫فرصت‬ ‫کبھی‬ ‫سے‬ ‫عائوں‬‫د‬ ‫کو‬ ‫ہونٹوں‬ ‫ديتے‬ ‫عائيں‬‫د‬
‫تھی‬ ‫نہيں‬
‫تھيں‬ ‫زائد‬ ‫سے‬ ‫حد‬ ‫پناہيں‬ ‫اور‬ ‫تھا‬ ‫نہيں‬ ‫دشمن‬ ‫کوئی‬
‫زائد‬ ‫سے‬ ‫حد‬ ‫ئيں‬ ‫دعا‬ ‫بھی‬ ‫پھر‬ ‫تھيں‬ ‫دور‬ ‫ئيں‬ ‫بال‬
‫تھيں‬
‫تھے‬ ‫تک‬ ‫جب‬ ‫کہ‬ ،‫تھے‬ ‫لمحے‬ ‫مدہوش‬ ‫عجب‬
‫تھ‬ ‫نہيں‬ ‫تک‬ ‫خدشہ‬ ‫کوئی‬ ‫کا‬ ‫بيتنے‬ ‫کے‬ ‫ن‬‫ا‬ ‫تو‬‫ا‬
‫تو‬ ‫بجھے‬ ‫جل‬ ‫جب‬ ‫مگر‬
‫بھی‬ ‫خواہش‬ ‫کی‬ ‫جينے‬ ‫گئی‬ ‫بجھ‬
‫بھی‬ ‫خواہش‬ ‫کی‬ ‫سينے‬ ‫کو‬ ‫چاک‬ ‫صد‬ ِ‫دل‬
‫بھی‬ ‫خواہش‬ ‫کی‬ ‫پينے‬ ‫زندگی‬ ‫سبوئے‬
‫ہوں‬ ‫بضاعت‬ ‫بے‬ ‫کتنا‬ ‫ميں‬
‫پر‬ ‫مجھ‬ ‫طرح‬ ‫کی‬ ‫آسمانی‬ ‫وحئی‬ ‫ميں‬ ‫مگربچپن‬
‫ہوں‬ ‫کرتا‬ ‫ياد‬ ‫شفقت‬ ‫وہ‬ ‫تھی‬ ‫تری‬‫ا‬ ‫لمحہ‬ ‫لمحہ‬ ‫جو‬
‫سے‬ ‫ہونٹوں‬ ‫کے‬ ‫باپ‬ ‫ميرے‬ ‫کے‬ ‫بن‬ ‫نغمہ‬ ‫جو‬
‫نکلے‬‫تھے‬
‫ہوں‬ ‫کرتا‬ ‫ياد‬ ‫بشارت‬ ‫کی‬ ‫لفظوں‬ ‫سارے‬ ‫ن‬‫ا‬ ‫اب‬ ‫ميں‬
‫ہيں‬ ‫لوٹے‬ ‫کے‬ ‫کر‬ ‫ِمسلسل‬ ‫جہد‬ ‫کی‬ ‫سال‬ ‫اڑسٹھ‬ ‫وہ‬
‫ہوں‬ ‫کرتا‬ ‫ياد‬ ‫رفاقت‬ ‫کی‬ ‫برسوں‬ ‫تينتاليس‬ ‫ميں‬
‫تھی‬ ‫نعمت‬ ‫وہ‬ ‫ميں‬ ‫حق‬ ‫مرے‬ ‫کی‬ ‫ن‬‫ا‬ ‫موجودگی‬ ‫فقط‬
‫تبديل‬ ‫کو‬ ‫محسوسات‬ ‫اور‬ ‫کو‬ ‫تجربوں‬ ‫ميرے‬ ‫جو‬
‫تھی‬ ‫کرتی‬
‫ان‬ ‫تھے‬ ‫پھوٹتے‬ ‫ہی‬ ‫ہوئے‬ ‫بولے‬ ‫بن‬ ‫جو‬‫اندر‬ ‫کے‬
‫سے‬
‫تھی‬ ‫کرتی‬ ‫تعميل‬ ‫کی‬ ‫احکام‬ ‫ان‬ ‫سوچ‬ ‫ہر‬ ‫مری‬
‫ليکن‬ ‫تھا‬ ‫احساس‬ ‫بھی‬ ‫کا‬ ‫پن‬ ‫ادهورے‬ ‫اپنے‬ ‫مجھے‬
‫تھی‬ ‫کرتی‬ ‫تکميل‬ ‫کی‬ ‫ذات‬ ‫ميری‬ ‫ذات‬ ‫کی‬ ‫انہيں‬

71. ‫ميں‬ ‫جواب‬ ‫کے‬ ‫شکريے‬ ‫ايک‬
‫پائے‬ ‫نہيں‬ ‫ہی‬ ‫کر‬ ‫وفا‬ ‫اتنی‬ ‫ہم‬ ‫کہ‬ ‫کہنا‬ ‫اسے‬
‫پائے‬ ‫دے‬ ‫پيار‬ ‫اتنا‬ ‫نہ‬
‫تھے‬ ‫چاہتے‬ ‫جتنا‬ ‫کہ‬
‫کا‬ ‫اس‬ ‫اور‬‫تھا‬ ‫بنتا‬ ‫بھی‬ ‫حق‬
‫ميں‬ ‫داستانوں‬ ‫بکھری‬ ‫گرد‬ ‫بھی‬ ‫پھر‬ ‫کہ‬ ‫کہنا‬ ‫اسے‬
‫کی‬ ‫محبت‬ ،‫کی‬ ‫وفاوں‬
‫ہيں‬ ‫ملتی‬ ‫جتنی‬ ‫مثاليں‬
‫ہے‬ ‫کر‬ ‫بڑه‬ ‫سے‬ ‫ہی‬ ‫سب‬ ‫ان‬ ‫پيار‬ ‫کا‬ ‫اس‬ ‫ميں‬ ‫دل‬ ‫ہمارے‬
‫دے‬ ‫بنا‬ ‫جنت‬ ‫اک‬ ‫سے‬ ‫بچوں‬ ‫سے‬ ‫پھول‬ ‫اپنے‬ ‫اور‬ ‫اپنے‬ ‫کو‬ ‫گھر‬ ‫کے‬ ‫کسی‬ ‫کوئی‬ ‫جب‬ ‫کہ‬ ‫کہنا‬ ‫اسے‬
‫ات‬ ‫کيسے‬ ‫کوئی‬ ‫قرضہ‬ ‫کا‬ ‫پيار‬ ‫کے‬ ‫اس‬ ‫تو‬‫گا؟‬ ‫ارے‬
‫محبت‬ ‫اور‬ ‫وفائيں‬ ‫اتری‬ ‫ميں‬ ‫سانس‬ ‫ہماری‬ ‫کہنا‬ ‫اسے‬
‫ہيں‬ ‫گہری‬ ‫بھی‬ ‫سے‬ ‫سمندر‬ ‫اور‬ ‫اونچی‬ ‫بھی‬ ‫سے‬ ‫پہاڑوں‬ ‫گو‬
‫ہے‬ ‫اتری‬ ‫ميں‬ ‫گھر‬ ‫ہمارے‬ ‫سے‬ ‫ذرئيے‬ ‫کے‬ ‫اس‬ ‫نعمت‬ ‫جو‬ ‫ميں‬ ‫صورت‬ ‫کی‬ ‫بچوں‬ ‫مگر‬
‫سکتا‬ ‫نہيں‬ ‫دے‬ ‫کوئی‬ ‫بدلہ‬ ‫کا‬ ‫جس‬ ‫کہ‬ ‫ہے‬ ‫اتنی‬ ‫وہ‬
‫کہنا‬ ‫اسے‬
‫کے‬ ‫لفظوں‬ ‫کہ‬ ‫ہے‬ ‫ہوتا‬ ‫بھی‬ ‫ايسا‬ ‫کبھی‬‫کھالڑی‬
‫ہوں‬ ‫قاصر‬ ‫سے‬ ‫کرنے‬ ‫بياں‬ ‫حالت‬ ‫ہی‬ ‫اپنی‬
‫ہے‬ ‫لکھی‬ ‫ميں‬ ‫قسمت‬ ‫کی‬ ‫مرد‬ ‫جو‬ ‫مائيگی‬ ‫کم‬ ‫يہ‬ ‫کہ‬ ‫کہنا‬ ‫اسے‬
‫لے‬ ‫کر‬ ‫مستور‬ ‫ميں‬ ‫پلو‬ ‫کے‬ ‫اوڑهنی‬ ‫کی‬ ‫وفا‬ ‫اپنی‬ ‫اسے‬
‫دے‬ ‫کر‬ ‫معاف‬ ‫کو‬ ‫ہم‬ ‫کہ‬ ‫کہنا‬ ‫اسے‬
‫لے‬ ‫کر‬ ‫منظور‬ ‫بنا‬ ‫تولے‬ ‫اور‬ ‫ناپے‬ ‫کو‬ ‫وفا‬ ‫اور‬ ‫محبت‬ ‫اور‬

72. ‫گے‬ ‫ہوں‬ ‫منظر‬ ‫يہی‬ ‫بھی‬ ‫تو‬ ‫گے‬ ‫جاؤ‬ ‫چلے‬ ‫تم‬
‫صاحب‬ ‫گی‬ ‫رہے‬ ‫نہ‬ ‫دنيا‬ ‫مری‬ ‫دنيا‬ ‫يہ‬ ‫بس‬
‫بھی‬ ‫کچھ‬ ‫ہوتی‬ ‫نہيں‬ ‫تالفی‬ ‫کی‬ ‫دل‬ ‫مسترد‬
‫صاحب‬ ‫گی‬ ‫ے‬ ‫بن‬ ‫بات‬ ‫اب‬ ‫نہ‬ ‫تو‬ ‫گی‬ ‫جائے‬ ‫بھی‬ ‫بن‬
‫رکھو‬ ‫مقابل‬ ‫کے‬ ‫عزت‬ ‫مری‬ ،‫خدمت‬ ‫ميری‬
‫صاحب‬ ‫گی‬ ‫بنے‬ ‫بات‬ ‫تبھی‬ ،‫گے‬ ‫تولو‬ ‫پورا‬
‫مگر‬ ‫سمت‬ ‫کی‬ ‫گھونسلے‬ ‫اس‬ ‫گے‬ ‫آئيں‬ ‫تو‬ ‫سانپ‬
‫صاح‬ ‫گی‬ ‫ہٹے‬ ‫سے‬ ‫انڈوں‬ ‫نہ‬ ‫بھی‬ ‫کر‬ ‫مر‬ ‫چڑيا‬‫ب‬
‫رضی‬ ‫رات‬ ‫يہ‬ ‫گی‬ ‫جائے‬ ‫ڈهل‬ ‫ہے‬ ‫معلوم‬ ‫تو‬ ‫يہ‬
‫صاحب‬ ‫گی‬ ‫ڈهلے‬ ‫کے‬ ‫لے‬ ‫مگر‬ ‫قربانی‬ ‫کتنی‬
‫صاحب؟‬ ‫گی‬ ‫ملے‬ ‫مول‬ ‫کس‬ ‫چاہيے‬ ‫روشنی‬
‫؟‬ ‫صاحب‬ ‫گی‬ ‫چلے‬ ،‫ميں‬ ‫پلو‬ ‫مرے‬ ‫ہے‬ ‫جاں‬ ِ‫د‬‫نق‬
‫بازار‬ ِ‫اصول‬ ‫ہے‬ ‫يہ‬ ،‫وفا‬ ِ‫گار‬ ‫طلب‬ ‫اے‬
‫صاحب‬ ‫گی‬ ‫چڑهے‬ ‫تو‬ ‫قيمت‬ ‫تو‬ ،‫گی‬ ‫ہو‬ ‫کم‬ ‫جنس‬
‫سوال‬ ‫ايک‬ ،‫صلہ‬ ‫کا‬ ‫مشقت‬ ‫کی‬ ‫بھر‬ ‫زندگی‬
‫؟‬ ‫صاحب‬ ‫گی‬ ‫چڑهے‬ ‫پہ‬ ‫پٹڑی‬ ‫کبھی‬ ‫گاڑی‬ ‫يہ‬ ‫اب‬
‫ميں‬ ‫سناٹوں‬ ‫ہوئے‬ ‫ٹھہرے‬ ‫کے‬ ‫تاالب‬ ‫کے‬ ‫دل‬
‫صاحب‬ ‫گی‬ ‫مچے‬ ‫تو‬ ‫ہلچل‬ ‫تو‬ ‫گے‬ ‫پھينکو‬ ‫سنگ‬
‫ہوئی‬ ‫بيگار‬ ‫کی‬ ‫مزدور‬ ‫کسی‬ ،‫کيا‬ ‫زندگی‬
‫صاحب‬ ‫گی‬ ‫کٹے‬ ‫بھی‬ ‫باقی‬ ‫سے‬ ‫طرح‬ ‫اسی‬ ‫اور‬
‫گا‬ ‫بدلے‬ ‫نہيں‬ ‫انجام‬ ‫يہ‬ ‫کا‬ ‫افسانے‬ ‫اب‬
‫صاحب‬ ‫گی‬ ‫چلے‬ ‫بار‬ ‫اک‬ ‫ہر‬ ‫فلم‬ ‫يہی‬ ‫اب‬
SYED RAZI MUHAMMAD

73. QAMBAR RAZA NAQVI DOW 1982
Qambar Raza Naqvi distinguished himself as a poet of considerable merit while still at Dow. He
is a prolific poet with a distinct style besides being a psychiatrist in the United States.
‫کبؾ‬‫کطتے‬ ‫ضیبضت‬ ‫ثِی‬ ‫ہن‬ ‫اگط‬ ‫هیں‬ ‫زًیب‬
‫کطتے‬ ‫هبهت‬ِ‫ا‬ ‫کی‬ ‫لْهْں‬ ‫ؼے‬ ‫فرط‬ ‫ثڑے‬ ‫ہن‬
‫جبتب‬ ‫چل‬ ‫پتہ‬ ّ‫ثِب‬ ‫ہویں‬ ‫کب‬ ‫ضّٹی‬ ‫زال‬
‫کطتے‬ ‫ثغبّت‬ ‫ؼے‬ ‫ذْز‬ ‫ظضا‬ ‫ضّظ‬ ‫کؽی‬ ‫ہن‬
‫هال‬ ‫ًہ‬ ‫هکول‬ ْ‫ک‬ ‫ہن‬ ‫ذسا‬ ‫کْی‬ ‫کطیں‬ ‫کیب‬
‫کطتے‬ ‫ػجبزت‬ ‫ثِی‬ ‫ہن‬ ‫کجِی‬ ‫کہ‬ ‫تِب‬ ْ‫ت‬ ‫ـْق‬
‫ہیں‬ ‫ؼے‬ ‫حبل‬ ‫اپٌے‬ ‫ہْؾ‬ ‫ثے‬ ‫کہ‬ ‫ـکط‬ ‫کب‬ ‫ذسا‬
‫ہْؾ‬ ‫اگط‬ ‫ہن‬‫کطتے‬ ‫لیبهت‬ ْ‫ت‬ ‫ہْتے‬ ‫هیں‬
ْ‫ت‬ ‫تن‬ ‫تِے‬ ‫ذسا‬ ‫ؼے‬ ‫چِْٹے‬ ، ‫تِے‬ ‫ُؽي‬‫ح‬ ‫ٴ‬‫هلکہ‬
‫کطتے‬ ‫ػٌبیت‬ ‫پہ‬ ‫ہن‬ ‫اگط‬ ‫جبتب‬ ‫ثگڑ‬ ‫کیب‬
‫ثِی‬ ِ‫کچ‬ ‫ثچتب‬ ‫ًہ‬ ‫هیں‬ ‫زًیب‬ ْ‫ت‬ ‫پبغ‬ ‫ہوبضے‬
‫کطتے‬ ‫ـطافت‬ ‫ًیالم‬ ‫کہ‬ ‫ثبض‬ ْ‫ؼ‬ ‫ؼْچب‬
‫لوجط‬ ‫ہْتے‬ ‫ًہ‬ ‫ذفک‬ ٍّ ‫اگط‬ ‫ضّتے‬ ‫ضّتے‬
‫کطتے‬ ‫ػجبضت‬ ‫ہی‬ ‫ؼے‬ ‫آًؽّْں‬ ‫زل‬ ِ‫حبل‬

74. ‫دوستوں‬ ‫کو‬ ‫شمنوں‬‫د‬‫تھا‬ ‫سکتا‬ ‫جا‬ ‫کيا‬ ‫شمار‬ ‫ميں‬
‫تھا‬ ‫سکتا‬ ‫جا‬ ‫کيا‬ ‫انکار‬ ‫سے‬ ‫س‬‫ا‬ ،‫تھے‬ ‫کے‬‫چ‬ ‫کہہ‬ ‫کچھ‬ ‫جو‬
‫ميری‬ ‫وقعت‬ ‫ہے‬ ‫سے‬ ‫زمانے‬ ‫تو‬ ‫اب‬ ‫گيی‬ ‫ٹھ‬‫ا‬
‫تھا‬ ‫جاسکتا‬ ‫کيا‬ ‫اعتبار‬ ‫بھی‬ ‫ميرا‬ ‫کہ‬ ‫تھا‬ ‫زمانہ‬ ‫ايک‬
‫آنسو‬ ‫تھے‬ ‫نہيں‬ ‫تو‬ ‫کم‬ ‫ليے‬ ‫کے‬ ‫آبياری‬
‫تھا‬ ‫سکتا‬ ‫جا‬ ‫کيا‬ ‫گلزار‬ ‫و‬ ‫ل‬‫گ‬ ‫بھی‬ ‫صحرا‬ ‫يہ‬
‫کہ‬ ‫تھا‬ ‫درکار‬ ‫کو‬ ‫ہم‬‫ھلتے‬ِ‫ک‬ ‫ميں‬ ‫زہن‬ ‫پھول‬
‫تھا‬ ‫جاسکتا‬ ‫کيا‬ ‫بہار‬ ‫سے‬ ‫پھولوں‬ ‫کے‬ ‫ياد‬ ‫کو‬ ‫خزاں‬
‫کرتے‬ ‫عقيدت‬ ‫سے‬ ‫حقيقت‬ ‫کہ‬ ‫تھا‬ ‫چاہيے‬
‫تھا‬ ‫جاسکتا‬ ‫کيا‬ ‫اخبار‬ ‫طرح‬ ‫اس‬ ‫کو‬ ‫خبر‬
‫دروازہ‬ ‫کا‬ ‫نا‬َ‫ا‬ ‫جو‬ ‫ہم‬ ‫ديکھتے‬ ‫کر‬ ‫کھول‬
‫تھا‬ ‫جاسکتا‬ ‫کيا‬ ‫تيار‬ ‫پر‬ ‫سوچنے‬ ‫کو‬ ‫ذہن‬
‫ہميں‬ ‫خوار‬ ‫ہے‬ ‫کيا‬ ‫قمبر‬ ‫نے‬ ‫پڑهنے‬ ‫کريں‬ ‫کيا‬
‫گ‬ ‫در‬‫تھا‬ ‫جاسکتا‬ ‫کيا‬ ‫ديوار‬ ٔ‫نوشتہ‬ ‫ذر‬
QAMBAR RAZA NAQVI

75. ‫کوئ‬ ‫سراہتا‬ ‫کو‬ ‫ہم‬ ، ‫کبھی‬ ‫کہ‬ ‫تمنا‬ ‫تھی‬
‫کوئ‬ ‫لگاتا‬ ‫تو‬ ‫دل‬ ، ‫سہی‬ ‫کو‬ ‫جھوٹے‬ ‫سے‬ ‫ہم‬
‫لکھتے‬ ‫غزليں‬ ‫ميں‬ ‫مالقات‬ ‫تمناے‬ ‫ہم‬
‫کوئ‬ ‫آتا‬ ‫نہ‬ ‫ملنے‬ ، ‫سہی‬ ‫تو‬ ‫کرتا‬ ‫وعدہ‬
‫ہيں‬ ‫جاتے‬ ‫جڑ‬‫ا‬ ‫تو‬ ‫گھر‬ ، ‫مزا‬ ‫کا‬ ‫رہنے‬ ‫ساتھ‬
‫کوئ‬ ‫بناتا‬ ‫تو‬ ‫گھروندے‬ ‫پہ‬ ‫ساحل‬ ِ‫ت‬‫ري‬
‫رہتی‬ ‫ٹھتی‬‫ا‬ ‫سے‬ ‫راکھ‬ ‫کسک‬ ‫سی‬ ‫ميٹھی‬ ‫ميٹھی‬
‫کوئ‬ ‫لگاتا‬ ‫ميں‬ ‫تمنا‬ ِ‫شہر‬ ‫يوں‬ ‫آگ‬
‫ليتے‬ ‫کر‬ ‫يقيں‬ ‫کا‬ ‫باتوں‬ ‫سبھی‬ ‫سچی‬ ‫جھوٹی‬
‫کوئ‬ ‫ناتا‬‫س‬ ‫بات‬ ‫ہر‬ ‫سے‬ ‫پيار‬ ‫قدر‬ ‫اس‬
‫ہوتيں‬ ‫بہاريں‬ ‫مخمور‬ ‫و‬ ‫خنداں‬ ‫قدم‬ ‫ہر‬
‫کوئ‬ ‫کراتا‬ ‫ايسے‬ ‫ہميں‬ ‫لگشت‬‫گ‬ ِ‫سير‬
‫ہوتا‬ ‫کافی‬ ‫مجھے‬ ‫قمبر‬ ‫يہی‬ ‫ہوں‬ ‫سوچتا‬
‫کوئ‬ ‫دالتا‬ ‫تو‬ ‫دالسا‬ ‫ميں‬ ‫حواسی‬ ‫بد‬
QAMBAR RAZA NAQVI