who'd ask / koee kya poochay

whoíd ask

i

query the flowing waters, where
disappeared those promises
safeguarding existence, beliefs

ii

search for strangers
to befriend
for happiness untainted
reverberations
of busy day's evening
striving
for future in existential fog
amidst an innate, inexplicable belief
that all will end well.

iii

hands that do not
trace foot prints
hands contemptuous of labour
towards the black hole
these hands are raised
effortlessly
against all gravity
against all belief, learning.

iv

heaven, earth, whole and part
slapped by tides
of vicissitude
of Time ---
feast, famine, innocence and its death
vacuousness of soul and
ÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖpeace
following Hope's demise

v

in the eternal revolutions
of these tides
FreeMan's strive for FreeHorizons
Water will keep flowing
how can one query
the ebb and flow

koíee kya poochay

i

aab e rawan say poucho
kahaN ga'aye woh waa'day
wajood aur tahafífooz e eemaaN kay

ii

talaash baygaanouN ki
jinhaiN apna sakhaiN
moosarírataiN kay jin ki taamir maiN
na houN karb kay paywund
masrouf din ki shaam ko baazgasht
wajoodi kohar maiN sai' e moostaqbil e roshan
yaqeen e ghairímur'aee her sheíh ki khoosh-hali ka

iii

haath jou baRhtay nahiN
jaanib e gurd e paa
bíjooz iftikhaar jou gard aazm'aie ko
hatak samajh tay haiN apni
yehi haath soo'aye khilaa e siyah
baRhtay chalay jatay haiN
kis sehl e bay mushaqíqat say
---khilaf e taalim o eemaaN
---khilaaf e kashsish e-saqíl

iv

falak o zameen, kool o jooz
gardish aashnaa, gardish zadah
sairabi o tashnagi
maasomiyat o halakat
tishnaa labi e rooh
aur itminaan e marg e hasrat

v

gardish kay in abdi da'airouN maiN
mard e aazaad ki sa'ie e aazaadi e nafís
aab e rawan rawan rahay ga
gardish e aab say ko'ie kiya pouchay