Ali Iftikhar Jafri

sar bache ya na bache turra-e-dastar gaya

Ali Iftikhar Jafri

1969
sar bache yā na bache turra-e-dastār gayā
shāh-e-kaj-fahm ko shauq-e-do-sarī maar gayā
ab kisī aur ḳharābe meñ sadā degā faqīr
yaañ to āvāz lagānā mirā bekār gayā
sarkasho shukr karo jā-e-shikāyat nahīñ daar
sar gayā baar gayā tāna-e-aġhyār gayā
avvalīñ chaal se aage nahīñ sochā maiñ ne
ziist shatranj kī baazī thī so maiñ haar gayā
sad ayyām pe paTḳhe hai divāna sar ko
jis ko chāhā ki na jaa.e vahī is baar gayā
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