[Reader-list] ghazal by mumtaz saeed

[Kshmendra Kaul]

Dear Yasir
 
Thank you for sharing this
 
Kshmendra

--- On Mon, 8/31/09, yasir ~يا سر <yasir.media at gmail.com> wrote:


From: yasir ~يا سر <yasir.media at gmail.com>
Subject: [Reader-list] ghazal by mumtaz saeed
To: "Sarai Reader-list" <reader-list at sarai.net>
Date: Monday, August 31, 2009, 5:35 AM


meray khuda koee naee kitab naazil kar
naee daleel naya inqilaab naazil kar

*my god, some new book, send it down
an argument new, a new revolution, send it down*

taras gaee hai samaa'at naveed e nau ke liye
basaaraton pe nayae aab o taab naazil kar

*the hearing has yearned, for a new greeting
to visions, illuminations** new**, send it down *

samaa'aton ko naye harf ki bashaarat de
hamaaree aankhon pe nadeedaa khaab naazil kar
*
reveal a new word for us to hear
on our eyes, **an unseen **dream, send it down*

har ik simt aqeedon ki dhund taari hai
ataabzadon pe koee azaab naazil kar

*in every direction hangs the fog of belief
on the condemned, some devastation, send it down*

tawahumaat ke qariyon pe phir tabahi bhej
azaab saazon pe koee azaab naazil kar

*lay waste the reciters of omens, again
to those who destroy, some devastation, send it down*



by Mumtaz Saeed (d 2009)
karachi

[tr. yasir]
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