Gam kii baarish ne bhii tere naqsh ko dhoyaa nahii.n
Gam kii baarish ne bhii tere naqsh ko dhoyaa nahii.n
tuune mujh ko kho diyaa mai.n ne tujhe khoyaa nahii.n
niind kaa halkaa gulaabii-saa Khumaar aa.Nkho.n me.n thaa
yuu.N lagaa jaise vo shab ko der tak soyaa nahii.n
har taraf diivaar-o-dar aur un me.n aa.Nkho.n kaa hujuum
kah sake jo dil kii haalat vo lab-e-goyaa nahii.n
jurm aadam ne kiyaa aur nasl-e-aadam ko sazaa
kaaTataa huu.N zindagii bhar mai.n ne jo boyaa nahii.n
jaanataa huu.N ek aise shaKhs ko mai.n bhii 'Munir'
Gam se patthar ho gayaa lekin kabhii royaa nahii.n
-----------------------MUNIR NIAZI---------------------------
tuune mujh ko kho diyaa mai.n ne tujhe khoyaa nahii.n
niind kaa halkaa gulaabii-saa Khumaar aa.Nkho.n me.n thaa
yuu.N lagaa jaise vo shab ko der tak soyaa nahii.n
har taraf diivaar-o-dar aur un me.n aa.Nkho.n kaa hujuum
kah sake jo dil kii haalat vo lab-e-goyaa nahii.n
jurm aadam ne kiyaa aur nasl-e-aadam ko sazaa
kaaTataa huu.N zindagii bhar mai.n ne jo boyaa nahii.n
jaanataa huu.N ek aise shaKhs ko mai.n bhii 'Munir'
Gam se patthar ho gayaa lekin kabhii royaa nahii.n
-----------------------MUNIR NIAZI---------------------------



Comments on this journal
I once read an interview of Munir Niazi (a poet) in Jang newspaper, if I remember correctly. He talked about his second wife (a younger woman) and his new house in Township, Lahore built on a government alloted plot. He talked about Red Rose bushes on his lawn and being happy in his second marriage. I don't remember anything else.
Kehte haiN
Apne amaal ka hisab kisi ko kya dete?
Sawal saaray ghalat thai, jawab kya detay
I always love the last sher. Classic.