Parveen Shakir
By:Andaleeb
Parveen Shakir initially wrote under the pen-name of 'Beena'. She considered Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi her 'ustad' and used to called him 'Ammujaan'. She was married to Dr. Nasir Ahmed but got divorced from him sometime before her untimely demise in 1994. They had one son - Murad Ali.
apanii rusavaa_ii tere naam ka charchaa dekhuu.N
ek zaraa sher kahuu.N aur mai.n kyaa kyaa dekhuu.N
niind aa jaaye to kyaa mahafile.n barpaa dekhuu.N
aa.Nkh khul jaaye to tanhaa_ii kaa sahara dekhuu.N
shaam bhii ho ga_ii dhundhalaa ga_ii aa.Nkhe.n bhii merii
bhuulanevaale mai.n kab tak teraa rastaa dekhuu.N
sab zide.n us kii mai.n puurii karuu.N har baat sunuu.N
ek bachche kii tarah se use ha.Nstaa dekhuu.N
mujh pe chhaa jaaye vo barasaat kii Khushbuu kii tarah
ang ang apanaa usii rut me.n mahakataa dekhuu.N
tuu merii tarah se yaktaa hai magar mere habib
jii me.n aataa hai ko_ii aur bhii tujh saa dekhuu.N
mai.n ne jis lamhe ko puujaa hai use bas ek baar
Khvaab ban kar terii aa.Nkho.n me.n utarataa dekhuu.N
tuu meraa kuchh nahii.n lagataa hai magar jaan-e-hayaat
jaane kyo.n tere liye dil ko dha.Dakataa dekhuu.N
baad_baa.N khulane se pahale kaa ishaaraa dekhanaa
mai.n samandar dekhatii huu.N tum kinaaraa dekhanaa
yuu.N bichha.Danaa bhii bahut aasaa.N na thaa us se magar
jaate jaate us kaa vo mu.D ke dubaaraa dekhanaa
kis shabaahat ko liye aayaa hai daravaaze pe chaa.Nd
ai shab-e-hijraa.N zaraa apanaa sitaaraa dekhanaa
[shabaahat=form; shab-e-hijraa.N=night of separation]
aa_iine kii aa.Nkh hii kuchh kam na thii mere liye
jaane ab kyaa kyaa dikhaayegaa tumhaaraa dekhanaa
baarish hu_ii to phuulo.n ke tan chaak ho gaye
mausam ke haath bhiig ke saffaak ho gaye
baadal ko kyaa Khabar ki baarish kii chaah me.n
kitane buland-o-baalaa shajar Khaak ho gaye
juganuu ko din ke vaqt paka.Dane kii zid kare.n
bachche hamaare ahad ke chaalaak ho gaye
laharaa rahii hai barf kii chaadar haTaa ke ghaas
suuraj kii shah pe tinake bhii bebaak ho gaye
suuraj dimaaG log bhii iblaaG-e-fikr me.n
zulf-e-shab-e-firaaq ke pechaak ho gaye
jab bhii Gariib-e-shahar se kuchh guftaguu hu_ii
lahaje havaa-e-shaam ke nam_naak ho gaye
saahil pe jitane aab_guziidaa the sab ke sab
dariyaa ke ruKh badalate hii tairaak ho gaye
dasht-e-shab par dikhaa_ii kyaa dengii
silavaTe.n roshanii me.n ubharengii
ghar kii diivaare.n mere jaane par
apanii tanhaa_iyo.n ko sochengii
u.Ngaliyo.n ko taraash duu.N phir bhii
aadatan us kaa naam likkhengii
rang-o-buu se kahii.n panaah nahii.n
Khvaahishe.n bhii kahaa.N amaa.N dengii
ek Khushbuu se bach bhii jaa_uu.N agar
duusarii nikahate.n jaka.D lengii
khi.Dakiyo.n par dabiiz parde ho.n
baarishe.n phir bhii dastake.n dengii
kuchh faisalaa to ho ki kidhar jaanaa chaahiye
paanii ko ab to sar se guzar jaanaa chaahiye
har baar e.Diiyo.n pe giraa hai meraa lahuu
maqtal me.n ab ba-tarz-e-digar jaanaa chaahiye
kyaa chal sakenge jin kaa faqat mas'laa ye hai
jaane se pahale raKht-e-safar jaanaa chaahiye
saaraa jvaar-bhaaTaa mere dil me.n hai magar
ilzaam ye bhii chaa.Nd ke sar jaanaa chaahiye
jab bhii gaye azaab-e-dar-o-baam thaa vahii
aaKhir ko kitanii der se ghar jaanaa chaahiye
tohamat lagaa ke maa.N pe jo dushman se daad le
aise suKhan_farosh ko mar jaanaa chaahiye
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