Hasan Koozah-gar ---- I

JahaaN-zaad!

Neeche gali mein

Tere dar k aage

Ye main sokhta-sar

Hasan koozah-gar huN

Tujhe subho bazaar mein

BooRhe attaar Yusuf ki dukkaan par

Main ne dekha

To teri nigaahoN mein

Wo taab-naaki thi

Main jiski hasrat mein

Nau saal deewaana phirta raha

JahaaN-zaad!

Nau saal deewaana phirta raha

Ye wo daur tha

Jis mein main ne kabhi

Apne ranjoor koozoN ki jaanib palaT kar na dekha

Wo kooze

Mere dast-e-chaabuk k putle

Gil o rang o raughan ki makhlooq-e-be-jaaN

Wo sar-goshiyoN mein ye kehte,

Hasan kooza-gar ab kahaN hai

Wo ham se

Khud apne amal se

Khudaawand ban kar

KhudaaoN ki maanind hai roo-e-gardaaN

JanaaN-zaad!

Nau saal ka daur

YooN mujh pe guzra

K jaise kisi shehr-e-madfoon par waqt guzre

TaghaaroN mein mitti

Kabhi jis ki khushbu se waarafta hota tha main

Sang-basta paRi thi

Suraahi o meena o jaam o subu

Aur faanoos o guldaaN

Meri heich-maaya maeeshat k izhaar-e-fan k sahaare

Shikasta paRe they

Main khud

Main

Hasan koozah-gar

Pa-ba-gil

Khaak-sar, bar-barehna

Sar-e-chaak

Zoleeda-mu

Sar-ba-zaanu

Kisi gham-zada deivta ki tarha

Vaahime k gil o la se

KhwaaboN k sayyaal kooze banaata raha

JahaaN-zaad!

Nau saal pehle tu nadaaN thi lekin

Tujhe ye khabar thi

K main ne

Hasan koozah-gar ne

Teri qaaf ki c

Ufaq-taab aankhoN mein

Dekhi hai wo taab-naaki

K jis se mere jism o jaaN

Abr o mehtaab ka rah-guzar ban gaye they

JahaaN-zaad!

Baghdaad ki khwaab-gooN raat

Rood-e-Dajla ka saahil

Wo kashti

Wo mallaah ki band aankhein

Kisi khasta-jaaN,

Ranj-war koozah-gar k liye

Eik hi raat

Wo koh-ruba thi

K jis se abhi tak hai paivast uska wujood

Uska paikar

Magar eik hi raat ka zauq

Darya ki wo lehr nikla

Hasan kooza-gar jis mein dooba

To ubhra nahi hai

JahaaN-zaad!

Is daur mein roz

Har roz

Wo sokhta-bakht

Aa kar mujhe dekhti

Chaak par

Pa-ba-gil,

Sar-ba-zaanu

To shaanoN se mujhko hilaati

Wo shaanoN se mujhko hilaati,

Hasan koozah-gar!

Hosh mein aa

Hasan!

Apne veeraan ghar par nazar kar!

Ye bachoN k tannoor kiyun-kar bharein ge!

Hasan!

Aai mohabbat k maare!

Mohabbat ameeroN ki baazi!

Hasan!

Apne deewaar o dar par nazar kar!

Mere kaan mein ye nawaa-e-hazeeN

YuN thi jaise kisi Doobte shakhs ko

Zeir-e-girdaab koi pukaare

Wo ashkoN k ambaar

PhooloN k ambaar they

HaaN magar

Main, Hasan koozah-gar

Shehr-e-auhaam k

Un kharaaboN ka mjzoob tha jin mein

Koi sada

Koi jumbish

Kisi margh-e-parraaN ka saaya

Kisi zindagi ka nishaaN tak nahi tha

JahaaN-zaad!

Main aaj teri gali mein

YahaaN raat ki sard-gooN teergi mein

Tere dar k aage

KhaRa huN

Sar o mu pareshaaN

Dareeche se wo

Qaaf ki c talismi nigaahein mujhe

Aaj phir jhaankti hain

Zamaana JahaaN-zaad! wo chaak hai

Jis mein meena o jaam o subu

Aur faanoos o guldaaN k maanind bante bigaRte hain insaaN

Main insaaN huN lekin

Ye nau saal jo gham k qaalib mein guzre

Hasan koozah-gar,

Aaj ik toda-e-khaak hai

Jis mein nam ka asar tak nahi hai

JahaaN-zaad!

Baazaar mein subh

Attaar Yusuf ki dukkaan par

Teri aankhein

Phir ik baar kuch keh gaee hain

Un aankhoN ki taabinda shokhi se uTThi hai

Phir toda-e-khaak mein nam ki halki c larzish

Tamanna ki wus'at ki kis ko khabar hai!

JahaaN-zaad!

Lekin tu chaahe to ban jaauN

Main phir wohi kooza-gar

Jis k kooze

They har kaakh o ku

Aur har shehr o qarya ki naazish

They jin se ameer o gada k masaakin

DarakhshaaN

Tamanna ki wus'at ki kis ko khabar hai!

JahaaN-zaad!

Lekin tu chaahe to main phir

PalaT jaauN

Un apne mehjoor koozoN ki jaanib

Gil o la k sookhe taghaaroN ki jaanib

Maeeshat k izhaar-e-fan k sahaaroN ki jaanib

K main us gil o la se

Us rang o raughan se

Phir wo sharaare nikaaluN

K jin se diloN k kharaabe hoN raushan.