مجید امجد

English rendering

Mez par akhbar ke phaile waraq Bikhre bikhre tehre tehre chak chak Dhal gayi hai qaalib-e-alfaz mein Seena-e-hasti ki aah-e-dardnak Paas hi deewar ko teke hue Radio garam-sukhan mahv-e-bayan Cheekhti hain jam'a aawaz mein Khoon ke cheente lahoo ki boondiyan Sham reading room ki maghmoom sham Chand kaan elaan-chi ki baat par Chand aankhein soch mein doobi hui Murtakaz akhbar ke safhaat par Ek kamre mein simat kar aa gaye Kitne dukhdon ke sada-paikar haroof Kitne dardon ke mistar-e-zamzame Kitne andhe gyani behre philosopher Phir bhi kuch idraak mein aata nahin Kya hai raqs-e-gardish-e-ayyam kya Ek shikasta naao ek khooni bhanwar Kya hai is afsane ka anjaam kya Yeh mufakkir kuch samajh sakte nahin Chhat ke neeche rozanon ke darmiyan Gol gol aankhon ke andar mahv-e-deed Kaale paare ki marqas putliyan Kaash yeh hairan kabootar jaante Khufta hai in kaghazon ki satah par Kitne phunakte ashiyanon ka dhuan Kitne nakhcheeron ki aahon ke sharar Hain in aawazon ke andar par-kusha Kitne kargas jin ko murdaron ki boo Kheench laayi hai sar-e-deewar-e-bagh Chhat ke neeche muztarib nazara khu Fikr-mand aankhon mein hairan putliyan Yeh kabootar dekhte thakte nahin Dekhte hain sochte hain kya karein Yeh mufakkir kuch samajh sakte nahin