12/01/2026
To Kyā — Ghazal-e-Bedāʿwā
Thehrāo-e-dhaṛkan-e-josh-e-dil to kiyā,
ʿArsh-e-rawāñ ko teh-e-khāk khud hī kiyā.
Palak jhapkī hī thī ki hairān huā maiñ,
Sapnā bhī ʿarsh-o-zamīn hotā hogā—so kyā.
Nūr-e-Ilāhī thā—jo parda-e-falaknumā rahā?
Sayonee—merā sanam-e-rūḥ thī—so kyā.
Rāt-e-firāq aur ʿibādat-e-sitāra—ik,
Butkada-e-talāsh miṭā—ab sajda kiyā.
Hijr-e-rishta-e-rashk abhī be-dāġh nahī̃ huā,
Kasak-e-hijr rahā hī hogā, rahā—to kyā.
Be-dāġh-e-daʿwā-e-shakl o sīrat nahī̃ thā kabhī,
Ab natmastak-e-sajda huī—to kyā.
Visāl-e-humshakal-e-hum ik ummīd ubhartī ab bhī,
Waṣl-e-Rabb o yār muqaddar nahī̃—to kyā?
Talab-e-ʿishq meñ sair-e-sehrā meñ the ham,
Takhalluṣ-e-Masīḥā bhūl gaye—to kyā.