Qasim Jalal

bani-e-shahr-e-sitam mazlum kaise ho gaya

Qasim Jalal

bānī-e-shahr-e-sitam mazlūm kaise ho gayā
kal jo mujrim thā vo ab ma.asūm kaise ho gayā
mohtasib sach sach batā ḳhalvat meñ kyā saudā huā
mudda.ī insāf se mahrūm kaise ho gayā
tā.ir-e-āzād zer-e-dām kaise aa gayā
vo ḳhayāl-e-muntashir manzūm kaise ho gayā
kyuuñ sharāfat ko himāqat kā diyā logoñ ne naam
fitna-e-shar ḳhair se mausūm kaise ho gayā
kis tarah ahl-e-junūñ ahl-e-ḳhirad samjhe ga.e
aql kā dīvāngī mafhūm kaise ho gayā
mujh se milnā to tujhe mushkil thā ai matlab ke yaar
ab mire ghar kā pata ma.alūm kaise ho gayā
kyā haiñ asbāb-e-zavāl-e-muslim-e-āshufta-hāl
kal jo hākim thā vo ab mahkūm kaise ho gayā
jo ye kahtā thā ki maiñ huuñ ik nishān-e-lā-zavāl
naqsh-e-fānī kī tarah ma.adūm kaise ho gayā
bol ai taa.ib miTā naqsh-e-suvaidā kis tarah
lauh-e-dil par lafz-e-haq marqūm kaise ho gayā
qaum kā qaa.id hai vo jo is kā ḳhidmat-gār hai
jis ne ḳhidmat hī na kī maḳhdūm kaise ho gayā
bhar diye auhām kis ne zehn-e-millat meñ 'jalāl'
chashma-e-āb-e-baqā masmūm kaise ho gayā
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