all my friends living in karachi, was yesterday the day when u looked out of your college/offfice window and fervently hoped to be out there once again, care free dancing and shouting in the rain??
and then brushing the thought away with a heavy heart to resume with your work??
ye daulat bhi lelo, ye shohrat bhi lelo,
bhale cheen lo mujh se meri jawani,
magar mujh ko lautaa do bachpan ka sawan,
woh kaghaz ki kashti,
woh barish ka paani!
mauhalay ki sab se purani nishani,
woh buriyah jisay bachay kehte thay naani,
woh naani ki baaton mai pariyon ka deraah
woh chehre ki jhuriyon mai sadiyon ka pehra
bhulaye nahi bhool sakta hai koi,
woh choti si raatien, woh lambi kahani
kari dhoop mai apne ghar se nikalna,
woh chirya woh bulbul, woh tittli pakarna
woh guriya ki shaadi mai larna jhagarna
woh jholoon se girna,
woh gir kar sanbhalna,
woh peetal ke chalon ke pyare se tohfay,
woh tooti hui chooriyon ki nishani.
woh kaghaz ki kashti,
wph barish ka paani!