a rose in nishat garden

sehra......

DHOOL HO JAAYE GA HAR NISHAA-N RET PAR
KYON BASAANAY CHALEY IK JAHAA-N RET PAR.

PHOOL SAPNA SAJAAYA THA MUDDAT HUYI,
US KI TAABEER HOGI KAHAA-N RET PAR.

MERE ANDAR BOHOT DOOR TAK KUCH NAHI-N
JAISAY DOOBI HUI KASHTIYAA-N RET PAR

UMR BHAR TAY KIYA YEH SAFAR ROOH TAK,
AUR BHI FAASLA DARMIYAA-N RET PAR.

PAR JHULAS JAAYEN GAY,ITNA OONCHA NA UD
TU GIRAY GA FALAK SAY YAHAA-N RET PAR......

BUTTERCUPS IN THE DESERT

see.....

where has it brought us,

this road in the desert...

I can smell the buttercups....

bobbing their heads in the breeze,

I can see them.

Endless rows,in one symphony....,

cascading over the edge of the mirage,

flowing to my soul.....

and yet i stand alone,unable to comprehend,

this vaccuum....

thats sucking in the dream.

the desert sun glows brighter.

i can barely stand.

sweat pouring down my temples....

in this forbidden land.....

nisar main teri galiyon kay,aye watan ki jahan.....

kashmir,once again ablaze.........

don't know what attracts the lush green landscape to fire?

perhaps its the snow..........tempting

have you ever noticed how fire dances on snow?

crackling..........yet never lighting completely....

may be its the chinars....

they burn with a wild flame.......

have you ever noticed how they stand in autumn?

majestic............ aglow with a golden flame...

ready to leap to the skies......or

to engulf the cold earth lying at their feet.

it dazzles me,

the fire inside this green....

it hurts the eyes,

when it plays on the snow....

when it mingles with the red of the trees in autumn.

and it never subsides,

moves from season to season.......

from life.........to life..........

a ghazal composed today

hay bas khalla mere chaar su
mujh sa hi kuch mere rubaru


tukday mere din raat kay
chun nay ki kya yeh aarzoo


cheena mera zoq e sukhan
ki mujh se kaisi guftugu?


rakh paon aahista zarra
is rah se na waaqif hay tu.


main ik taraf behti rahi

dariya rawan ik aur su.......

couplets from faiz

meri teri nigaah main jo laakh intezaar hain,

jo mere tere tan badan main laakh dil figaar hain,

jo meri teri ungliyon ki be hisi se sab qalam nazaar hain,

jo mere tere shehr ki har ik gali me

mere tere naqsh e pa kay be nishaan mazaar hain.

jo meri teri raat ke sitaare zakhm zakhm hain,

jo meri teri subh ke gulaab chaak chaak hain,

yeh zakhm saarey be dawa,yeh chaak saarey be rafu,

kisi pe raakh chaand ki,kisi pe os ka lahu,

yeh hain bhi ya nahin bata,

yeh hain,ki mehz jaal hain,

mere tumhare ankaboot e vehm ka buna hua

jo hai to is ka kya karen,

nahin hai to bhi kya karen,

bataa,bataa,

bataa,bataa...............???

dil ka rastaa,

dil ka rastaa,

kaanton bharaa

pathreela,



rooh ka jism......

chalni ....chalni

khokhla,



mera safar,apni zaat tak,

kitna mushkil,

pecheeda sa............

na mumkin sa...?

people out there?

this picture was taken in iqbal park, kashmir.Flowers always make me feel happy.so do they for most of the people.

reminds me of a couplet,i wrote once

Bohat din baad ik mausam,dayaar e dil me aaya hay.

teri qurbat ki khushbu hay,teri yaadon ka saaya hay.

a view of my kashmir

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