Qareeb
Tu iss qadar mujhe apne qareeb lagta hai
Tujhe alag se jo sochuN, ajib lagta hai
Jise nah husn se matlab nah ishq se sarokaar
Woh shaksh mujh ko bohot bad-nasiib lagta hai
Hudud-e-zaat se baahar nikal ke dekh zara
Nah koi Ghair, nah koi raqeeb lagta hai
Yeh dostii, yeh maraasim, yeh chaahataiN yeh Khuloos
Kabhi kabhi yeh sab kuch ajib lagta hai
Ufaq pe duur chamakta huva koi taara
Mujhe charaaGh-e-dayaar habib lagta hai
-Jan Nisar Akhtar
Tujhe alag se jo sochuN, ajib lagta hai
Jise nah husn se matlab nah ishq se sarokaar
Woh shaksh mujh ko bohot bad-nasiib lagta hai
Hudud-e-zaat se baahar nikal ke dekh zara
Nah koi Ghair, nah koi raqeeb lagta hai
Yeh dostii, yeh maraasim, yeh chaahataiN yeh Khuloos
Kabhi kabhi yeh sab kuch ajib lagta hai
Ufaq pe duur chamakta huva koi taara
Mujhe charaaGh-e-dayaar habib lagta hai
-Jan Nisar Akhtar



Comments on this journal
Waqt noor ko be-noor kar deta he
Thorey se zakhm ko nasoor(wound) kar deta he
Kon chaah-ta he apnoN se door hona?
Par waqt sab ko majboor kar deta he!
you know maybe that is what is causing my distress- i probably should stick to jam
although, i gotta say, used to be tasty
what does charaagh -e - dayaar mean?
Sometimes he feels as said in the 3rd sher and all other times as said in the 4th sher...Lolz