Clerk

KHaliq ne jab azal main banaya clerk ko
lauh o qalam ka jalwa dikhaya clerk ko

kursi pe phir uThaya biThaya clerk ko
afsar ke sath pin se lagaya clerk ko

miTi gadhe ki Dal kar us ki sarisht mein
daKHil mashaqqaton ko kiya sarnawisht mein

chaprasi sath KHuld mein jab le gaya use
huron ne kuchh mazaq kiye kuchh malak hanse

hatif ki dafatan ye sada aai ghaib se
dekho ise jo dida-e-ibrat-nigah hai

aadam ka rough-draft hai kab tak hansoge tum
approwe ho kar aaya to sajda karoge tum

jannat mein filen hain na hai koi Diary
huren to jaanti hain faqat tarz-e-dilbari

ghilman se kuchh kaho to sunae khari khari
ye intizam hai ye discipline hai daftari

main sochta hun kya karun aisi bahisht ko
TeDha laga hai qat qalam-e-sarnawisht ko

KHuld-e-barin ko naz tha apne makin par
aur ye bhi the miTe hue ek hur-e-in par

lalach ki mohr kanda thi dil ke nagin par
T-A wasul karne ko utra zamin par

iblis raste mein mila kuchh sikha diya
utra falak se third mein inter likha diya

rakkha qadam clerk ne jis dam zamin par
dekha har ek chiz hai qudrat ke din par

bola ki main to zinda rahunga routine par
mujh par machine hogi main hunga machine par

is aahani sanam ki ibaadat hai mujh pe farz
naukar hun baadshah ka jita hun le ke qarz

ai secretariat ki imarat zara bata
us waqt jabki jate hain afsar bhi baukhla

hota hai kaun kashti-e-file ka naKHuda
afsar nahin hain is ki haqiqat se aashna

par hum ye jaante hain ki insan hain clerk
dariya-e-red-tape ka tufan hain clerk