Although, as said earlier, I have decided not to share my poems on this very forum of the Gupshup (for some very logical reasons :-), I think this poem is an EXCEPTION. Exception for many reasons. Some of the reasons are very secret:D but the obvious one is that it is a sequal of one of my earliest poems on the same topic of December, [Click Here for that Poem] two years back… Two YEARS!!!
WoW!!! Time flies.. Innit? ![]()
anyway, I think this poem can very well be a stand alone poem but if read along with that other one, will give you a whole different meanings…
urdu is such a great language and I am ashamed not to make full use of it.
===============================================
December Guzar rahaa hai
sard raatoN kee
gehri siyahi kaa
ik pur sukoon samander hai
aur !
aasmaaN par chamaktaY taaroN talaY
khuN’k hawaaoN kee sarsarhuT liye
December Guzar rahaa hai
kuch dhundhlee yaadoN kaY
roshan saaYe liye
kuch husn-e-rifaaqat kaY
pur soz lamhaat liYe
puraani yaadoN kaY
khushgawaar pa’l sameTaY
aur !
kuch talkh baatoN kee garmi liYe
December Guzar rahaa hai
Shub-e-Amaawas kee woh holnaakiyaaN
aayee haiN naye chaand kee
aamad kaa parwaana liYe
woh mehboob, jo har ik kaa hai
jo dushman Mehtaab-e-Mukammal kaa hai
woh hilaal aa gayaa sadaa yeh liye
December Guzar rahaa hai
Woh ChodhveeN kee raat maiN
Woh ChodhveeN kaY Chaand maiN
woh ik chaandi raat maiN
woh noor kee barsaat maiN
nazar teri kiouN Thehr gaYee?
soch kahaaN youN guum hee ho gaYee?
ZubaaN kiouN gunG see ho gaYee?
kiouN teri yeh nigaahaiN
chaand par haiN jum see gayeeN
kiouN aa gayaa Daagh-e-Qamar
yeh fasaanaa liYe
December Guzar rahaa hai
Ik woh December thaa kaY jub
thanDee fizaaoN maiN
ik ghum chupaa thaa
ik udaasi kaa samaaN thaa
dil bahut kuch seh chukaa thaa
koi judaa hum saY huaa thaa
Dosti Qurban jo kar gayaa thaa
hum ko tanhaa woh kar gayaa thaa
dil saY aah jub yeh niklee thee
duaa laboN pe jo machlee thee
woh mohabbat kee ik ghaRi thee
zubaaN saY dil ko ik shikwah thaa
Aq’l kaa aur hee kuch kehnaa thaa
Dil yeh keh rahaa thaa
duaa yeh daY rahaa thaa
teri zindagi maiN ae dost!
aisaa December aaYe kabhi naa
Tu Kabhi **December ko Alwida **kahai naa
Dosti ko buraa kabhi kahai naa
naa hee tu kabhi Tanhaa ho
naa kabhi dard-e-aashnaa ho
Aq’l yeh keh rahi thee
bud duaa yeh daY rahi thee
tu bhee meraY Rafeeq!
dekhaY wohi sitam
tu naY jo kiYe karam
kuch maaloom tujh ko ho
sang-e-dil mom kuch tau ho
yeh jung chal rahi thee
Ghumsaan kaa ik ru’n paRaa thaa
December Guzar rahaa thaa
aglaY December tukk
waqt kaa woh marham
tu naY jo kuch kahaa thaa
woh such ho gayaa thaa
maiN woh sub bhool gayaa thaa
uss saal bhee yehi December
ayaa aur youN hee gayaa thaa
Tu khush phir bhee rahaa thaa
Kuch dostoN ko choR gayaa thaa
naYe raastoN par chal paRa thaa
naYe hum safaroN ko laY chalaa thaa
nayee shaaraahoN par
Mohabbat kee naYee puGDandiyoN par
RifaaqataiN dhoondh rahaa thaa
aur maiN!
maiN YaadoN ko seenaY saY lagaaYe
khud ko MunaafiqatoN saY bachaaYe
Apni dagar par chal rahaa thaa
December Guzar rahaa thaa
Mohabbat kee uss haar ko
saal ik aur beet gayaa hai
December aa gayaa hai
khabar kuch milli hai
kaY tu ae Dost!
December kee in
thanDee fizaaoN maiN
ik ghum seh rahaa hai
udaasiyaaN jhel rahaa hai
Tanhaa reh gayaa hai
Dosti kay samander maiN
BeY rehm mojoN kaY thapeRon maiN
dostiyaaN kho chukaa hai
Zindagi ki ye taareek saa’ataiN
uss waqt bhee ayaaN theeN
kaY jub!
December Guzar rahaa thaa
aur aaj bhee ayaaN haiN
kaY jub!
tu bhee keh raha hai
Tanhaa tu reh gayaa hai
haan!
Sunn lo!!!
December Guzar rahaa hai
Anwaar Qureshi
12:16 AM 12/8/2005