Mehfil-e-Ghazal - 18th May, 2016

paa-ba-gil sab haiN rihaa_ee kii kare tadabeer kaun - Parveen Shakir

paa-ba-gil sab haiN rihaa_ee kii kare tadabeer kaun
dast-bastaa shahar meN khole meree zanjeer kaun

[rihaa_ee = freedom; tadabeer = solution/way]
[dast-bastaa = tied hands]

meraa sar haazir hai lekin meraa munsif dekh le
kar rahaa hai mere fard-e-jurm kii tahareer kaun

[munsif = judge; fard-e-jurm = tale of guilt]
[tahareer = writing]

aaj darvaazoN pe dastak jaanee pahachaanee see hai
aaj mere naam laataa hai meree taazeer kaun

[taazeer = punishment]

neend jab KhvaaboN se pyaaree ho to aise ahad meN
Khvaab dekhe kaun aur KhvaaboN ko de taabeer kaun

[ahad = era/times]

ret abhee pichhale makaanoN kii na vaapas aa_ee thee
phir lab-e-saahil gharaundaa kar gayaa taameer kaun

[lab-e-saahil = on the shoreline; taameer = construct]

saare rishte hijratoN meN saath dete haiN to phir
shahar se jaate hue hotaa hai daaman_geer kaun

meree chaadar to chhinee thee shaam kii tanhaa_ee ne
beridaa_ee ko meree phir de gayaa tashaheer kaun

dushmanoN ke saath mere dost bhee aazaad haiN
dekhanaa hai kheNchataa hai mujh pe pahalaa teer kaun