ye aurat is liye paida hui hai
ki is ko TukDe TukDe kar ke phansi par chaDhaya jae
ise yunan ke ek mashhur Daku ke bistar ki zarurat hai
(wo apne sab shikaron ka qadd-o-qamat isi bistar ke paimane ki nisbat se ghaTata kaTta ya
khinch ka jabran baDhata tha)
KHutut-e-lab to dekho!
kis tarah simTe hue hain, sang-e-dil
aamiyana-pan tarawish kar raha hai
ye kina-tuz aankhen
in ki gahrai ke kichaD mein
sunahri machhliyan ghote lagati hain
rupahli shaKH tauba hai ki khulti banh hai, lekin
koi saya nahin paDta!
main apne KHol ke andar simaT kar baiTh rahna chahta hun
mujhe minar ki khiDki se jhuk kar jhankne ki zarurat kuchh nahin hai
magar wo fahisha zanjir-e-dar ki nind uDae ja rahi hai
wo aankhen KHubsurat ban gai hain!
mujhe
KHamdar zinon se utar kar
niche aana hi paDega
Nazm
Bait-e-ankabut
Shamsur Rahman Faruqi