naam may kiya hay

a hundred years from now the world would perhaps still remember ghalib, tagore, hitler, but will forget sharmeeli, chanda, jaan, that man/woman on the terrace, you, me...


naam maiN kya hay
yeh tO dastoor hay duniya ka
na apni marzi aa'aye
na apni marzi chalay
kuch haNsay, kuch haNsaya
kuch rO'aye, kuch rulaya

zun, zur, zameen
aur mazhab per
kiya fasaad barpa
ma'soomON ka
kiya khoon kharaba

ab dekhO haiN kahan go'om
aglay zamanay kay woh
firOn o jaafer o sadiq
na naam na pata milta hay
hum-tum kis shumaar maiN

ab batao mujhay
what is in a name?