sitam zareefi

sitam zareefi

jub bhii safar ka qas'd kya
manzil mutayyun ki
rakht e safar bandha
phir achanak khabar aaee
covid nay dobara ser uthaya
safar ka irada multavi kya
aur ik aah kay saath
thandi saans li

those deceiving eyes

those deceiving  eyes

the ever smiling eyes
adorned with wrinkles
camouflage copious
          grieve gathered
          over lifetime
unshared and
          undeciphered

maskless

maskless

kya yaad hay aapko
woh beetay din bhii
buhat achchay thay

anew

anew

manufacturing memories
reinforcing dreams
with mortar of whims
displacing occupants
knocking their dwellings
and with those bricks
building fragile reality
          anew

post covid ii

post covid ii

the enforced absence
did not fare too well
the spark decamped
and awkward pauses
began cascading

post covid

post covid

milay ho tum
mud'datouN baad
kaisay hogi
woh ras'm o rah
dobarah ab

given the odds

given the odds

aloof
law enforcement, judiciary
culture, society, parents

abuse of minors and women
will go on unabated
easy targets they are
and after the fact
continue we will
to pontificate
mourn, wail and whine


#muftiazizurrehman
#NoorMukaddam
#mukhtaranmai
#shazia

darkness still ruled

darkness still ruled

test 

          she said

          tested

protest

          he said

          protested

the protests and the rallies

against the sun's injustice

           all to no avail

the sun still emerged

          as ordained

darkness still ruled

one heart: here, there, everywhere part v

 one heart: here, there, everywhere part v

          smiles
on the lips of infants
of couples lost in themselves
and the final smile serene
playing on those
who deserted all worries
          perhaps one day
there will be smile on this face
as rigor mortis creeps up

one heart: here, there, everywhere part iv

one heart: here, there, everywhere part iv

love the chest
of kodak moments
in sepia and vibrant colours
of smiles captured worldwide
on negatives and slides
am fascinated with smiles
have written a lot
about the smiles
innocent, carefree,
spontaneous, unpoised

one heart: here, there, everywhere part iii

one heart: here, there, everywhere part iii

the printed word

delights and invigorates

ghalib, mir, t s eliot

manto, haider, ismat

the bard, ogden nash

so many companions

          to muse with

in solitary moments

          to travel with

one heart: here, there, everywhere part ii

one heart: here, there, everywhere part ii

in school not sure
in college aimed at one
whom is my crime partner

          till this day

but moving on

from tangible to intangible

the heart gladdens

when i travel

new places, new people

one heart: here, there, everywhere - part i

one heart: here, there, everywhere - part i

there is one muscle bundle
throbbing, encased
firmly in chest walls
the cardiologist tell me
the replica
is here, there, everywhere
in primary school
threw it at the teacher
with a dimpled smile

water

water                                                                                                                   

sustaining
mountain spring
bottled
          first world
scarce
polluted
          third world
when it overwhelms
          in both worlds
death lures

will you forgive me?

will you forgive me?

my two year old nephew
was wise beyond years
discuss any subject
and he would nod wisely
and say maloom hay'
and now we have a PM
who knows the price
of everything
(and the value
of nothing)

https://twitter.com/i/status/1415950407227035649

*maloom hay - 'i know'

what was ZAB thinking?

 what was ZAB thinking?

says dr. sam parnia
the brain remains active
after the heart stops
        for some time
when tara masih
tightened the noose
ZAB must be aware
of the adiala surroundings

        i can venture
he may have thought
'i will get even, you bastard'
       or perhaps
'i will outlive you traitor"

Mubashir | مبشر

@mkw72

سوچتا ہوں کہ بھٹو عین جان نکلتے ہوئے کیا سوچ رہے ہوں گے؟

truth

 truth

over-rated
over-sold
camouflaged
unappreciated
perturbing
demanding
desired
and mostly
ignored

rumination (nothing to do with rumi)

rumination

(nothing to do with rumi)


some thoughts flee
others fleet
pleasant  ones flee
thorny thoughts fleet
ruminating about you
the moving fingers*
are frozen

wait

wait

waiting
for words
to fall
in my
        lap
              top
so i 

arrest
wayward
thinking

qurbani

 qurbani

injunctions aside
          think
why substitute
first born for a sheep?
would be more useful
when the equivalent
in charity is given -
(education, medicine, food)
for the deserving?
sparing animals
making others happy

of mind and body

 of mind and body

fighting to kill
is not nobler than
fighting to save
soldiers - for countries
writers - for freedom

fickle existence: on this day...

fickle existence: on this day...

browsing news
xyz passed away
memories cascade
mind's eye spill forth

if we could project
decades after our death
another reader
would also  read
'on this day...'
or perhaps skim over

a'mum pasand aur jangjoo ka mukalma

 a'mum pasand aur jangjoo ka mukalma

kaha a'mun-pasand nay
tareekh raq'm karay gi
hum mer mer ker ji'ayeN gay
jung'joo jawabun bola
hay ghalat fehmi aapko
tareekh tou hum likhaiN gay
app mer mer ker mer jao gay

hum aahangi

 hum aahangi

d n a ka kya hay
mizaaj aur zouq milay
tou janaiN aye humdum

tasbeeh khuwaaN: siyasatdaaN ya moulvi

 tasbeeh khuwaaN: siyasatdaaN ya moulvi

dhoka ghairouN ko
aur faraib khud ko
tasbeeh kay daanouN
say khailtay hu'aye

aansoo

aansoo

rona hay
tou ro lo
badlay ga
kuch nahiN
rona hay
tou ro lo
bojh halka
ho ga bus!

bliss

 bliss

when two bodies
connect, it is ecstatic,
euphoric, rapturous
but when two souls
meet, it is sheer bliss

waadeh

 waadeh

aik aap haiN
aur aapka waadah
aik hum haiN
aur humara waadah
darya kay dou kinaray

kaisa hisab

kaisa hisab

hisab
kabhi
barabar
nahiN
hota

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You have Avocado I have French Press. Hisaab barabar.

saraab / mirage

 saraab

aaj
such ki talaash
sehraa maiN saraab
bus!

mirage

today
the search
for Truth
is mirage
in the desert

dar'd

 dar'd

dar'd
jub la'ilaaj ho ja'aye
tou kya kiji'aye
qubooliyat ya superdagi