Yaad-emaazi, A poetic journey - Part II
Naeem Siddiqi
>the matlab parast friend often forgets, yet the bayGharz ones ..
> tumharay bus meiN ho to bhool jaaO humeiN
> tumheiN bhulaanay meiN humeiN shaayed zamaana lagay
>some try to ask for the past to be brought back. Naushi Gilani asks
>for, among other things, her guRiya (doll) :
> koi mujh ko mera bharpoor sarapa laa day
> meray baazu, meree aaNkheiN mera chechraa laa day
> koi Khuwahish naheeN tujh say ay meree umr rawaaN
> mera bachpan, meray jugnu, meri guRiya laa day
>a shayer sees a person changing and remembers a page from the past :
> hawa kay saath badalta hai husn-e-salook
> kuch log bhee hotay haiN mausamoN kee tarah
>and then there is someone who was teased playfully in the past. the
>teasing formed part of the loving relationship, and the shayer
>remembers ...
> bayruKhi uss say baRee aur bhala kiya hogee
> ik muddat say hameiN uss neiN sataaya bhee naheeN
>one shayer falls in love at the beginning of a journey and has advice
>for others on the perils of such ...
> mut TooT kay chaho isay aaGhaaz-e-safar meiN
> bichRay gaa to ik ik adaa tung karay gee
>one shayer get suicidal after several failed loves (this is common
>among Urdu shayers ;)) ..
>
> ik pal meiN ik sadee (century) kaa maza hum seh poochiyay
> do din kee zindagi kaa maza hum seh poochiyay
> bhoolay haiN rafta rafta unheiN muddatoN meiN hum
> qistoN mein Khudkushi kaa maza hum seh poochiyay
>In love there are the rooThna, manaana cycles .. which a shayer
>remembers ..
> woh dosti to Khair, ub naseeb-e-dushmanaaN hui
> woh choTee choTee ranjishoN ka lutf bhee chala geya
>On happier occasions, the bichray huay yaar are remembered and the
>heart hurts ...
> eid phir seh jagaaye daytee hai
> saaray maazi kay dard baydarmaaaN
> eid kee raunaqoN mein shaamil hooN
> haNstay shehroN meiN jaisay qabristaN
> aur barH jaati hai bhooli hui baatoN kee kasak
> eid ka din to faqat zaKhm hara karta hai
> eid aayee hai sulagtee hui yaadeiN lay kar
> Aaj phir apnee tanhaai peh taras aaya
>Iftikhar Arif remembers one lost recently ..
> abhee geya hai koi magar yooN lagta hai
> jaisay sudiaaN beeteeN ghar Khamosh huay
>Nasir Kazmi does the same in a different manner ..
> jinheiN hum dekh kar jeetay thay Nasir
> woh loag aaNkhoN seh ojhal ho gaye haiN
>A time comes when even the dreams die .. and only their memories
>remain ..
> ub woh manzar na woh chehray hee nazar aatay haiN
> mujh ko maaloom na tha keh Khwaab bhee mar jaatay haiN
>
> ** Naeem Siddiqi **
** Naeem Siddiqi **