Reading room

mez par aKHbar ke phaile waraq
bikhre bikhre tera tera chaak chaak

Dhal gai hai qalib-e-alfaz mein
sina-e-hasti ki aah-e-dardnak

pas hi diwar ko Teke hue
radio garm-e-suKHan mahw-e-bayan

chiKHti hain jama-e-awaz mein
KHun ke chhinTe lahu ki bundiyan

sham reading room ki maghmum sham
chand kan elanchi ki baat par

chand aankhen soch mein Dubi huin
murtakiz aKHbar ke safhat par

ek kamre mein simaT kar aa gae
kitne dukhDon ke sada-paikar huruf

kitne dardon ke mistar zamzame
kitne andhe gyani bahre falyasuf

phir bhi kuchh idrak mein aata nahin
kya hai raqs-e-gardish-e-ayyam kya

ek shikasta naw ek KHuni bhanwar
kya hai is afsane ka anjam kya

ye mufakkir kuchh samajh sakte nahin
chhat ke niche rauzanon ke darmiyan

gol gol aankhon ke andar mahw-e-did
kale pare ki muraqqas putliyan

kash ye hairan kabutar jaante
KHufta hai un kaghazon ki satah par

kitne phanakte aashiyanon ka dhuan
kitne naKHchiron ki aahon ke sharar

hain in aawazon ke andar par-kusha
kitne kargas jin ko murdaron ki bu

khinch lai hai sar-e-diwar-e-bagh
chhat ke niche muztarib nazzara-KHu

fikrmand aankhon mein hairan putliyan
ye kabutar dekhte thakte nahin

dekhte hain sochte hain kya karen
ye mufakkir kuchh samajh sakte nahin