تہی دامن

Khurram Khiram Siddiqui, a good friend of mine, a talented young poet who writes poetry both in Urdu and English, launched his first collection of poetry called ‘Hayat e Nau’ in an impressive ceremony held at the Pakistan Academy Of Letters a few days back. A gem of a collection, ‘Hayat e Naw’ represents various angles of the skill Khiraam holds in writing ghazals and both contained and the free form of Urdu nazm; he epitomizes the traits of a classical poet with fresh poetic sensibility. The poem below called ‘Tahi Daman’ is one of my favorites in the mentioned book. Hope you’ll enjoy it.

ذات کی بے بصر خامشی

ذوق اظہار پر چھا گئی

حسرتوں کی نمو

خوف دشنام سے نا مکمل رہی

جو کیا مصلحت کے تقاضوں میں چھپ کے کیا

اور سمٹتے گئے ذات کے خول میں

بے یقینی کے محبوس ماحول میں

سانس لینے کی جراءت نہیں کر سکے

ہم کسی سے محبت نہیں کر سکے

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