jeewan ki pug'dundi
chaltay chaltay
jeewan ki pug'dundi per
d'rakht jhaRRi banay
jhaRRi khaab --
subzaa sehra bana
sehra hu'a saraab
sa'aye bhi chinnh ga'aye aakhir
laikin manzil ka nishaan
ankaa hee raha
kya yeh wohi sirat e moostaqeem thi
ya kisi guzray lumhay
rawani e mauj e shabab maiN choor
kisi aur pugdundi per
chal niklay thay hum
jalta hay, damakta hay, kehta hay
ummeed ka diya
joos'tu'joo ka silah
milay ga tujhay
zaroor mila ga
bus chaltay raho chaltay raho
jeewan ki pug'dundi per
d'rakht jhaRRi banay
jhaRRi khaab --
subzaa sehra bana
sehra hu'a saraab
sa'aye bhi chinnh ga'aye aakhir
laikin manzil ka nishaan
ankaa hee raha
kya yeh wohi sirat e moostaqeem thi
ya kisi guzray lumhay
rawani e mauj e shabab maiN choor
kisi aur pugdundi per
chal niklay thay hum
jalta hay, damakta hay, kehta hay
ummeed ka diya
joos'tu'joo ka silah
milay ga tujhay
zaroor mila ga
bus chaltay raho chaltay raho
posted by temporal at 8/20/2005
1 Comments:
A very beautiful, simple , yet greatly nostalgic description of Karachi. Kudos to you. I am from Karachi too, probably the same era as you were there. Very nice.
I am here in the US and I have a cousin in Toronto, another Karachite, who I have just emailed your article. I've also emailed the same to my brother in Washington DC. Interestingly, last Saturday we three talked all night on the phone about Karachi and what Karachi used to be. Thanks for reviving the memories again. Khush Raho, Bhai.
Akber Zaidi
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