YAAD KYAA DAST-E-HUNAR HAI KI SA.NVARATAA GAYAA MAI.N

yaad kyaa dast-e-hunar hai ki sa.Nvarataa gayaa mai.n


us ko sochaa to use yaad hii karataa gayaa mai.n





[hunar = skill]





is ko tahaziib-e-junuu.N kahiye ki mujh se pahale


jaise bikhare hai.n sabhii log bikharataa gayaa mai.n





naqsh kitane the ki maaduum hue sil_silaavaar


aur har naqsh ke pahaluu se ubharataa gayaa mai.n





[maaduum = extinct] 





ek tasviir banaa_ii thii mukammal na hu_ii


ek hii rang lahuu rang thaa bharataa gayaa mai.n





[mukammal = complete]





harf-e-ikraar hii kahataa rahaa beKhaufii se


yaanii inkaar ke aashob se Darataa gayaa mai.n





[beKhaufii = without fear; aashob = disturbance]





apane andar ke talaatum ne rakkhaa hai aabaad


Khud hii ikraar kiyaa Khud hii mukarataa gayaa mai.n





[talaatum = upsurge of waves in water/flood]





har nafas ba.Dhataa gayaa us kii tamannaa kaa Kharosh


lamhaa lamhaa isii vahashat me.n nikharataa gayaa mai.n





[Kharosh = wail/plaintive cry]





zindagii kuu-e-malaamat hai ko_ii kyaa Thahare


apanii hii vazaa kaa mai.n huu.N so Thaharataa gayaa mai.n





[malaamat = rebuke/reproach]