Friday, December 5, 2008

Naya Banwas- by Kaifi Azmi

Ram banwas se jab laut kay ghar mein aaye

Yaad jungle bahut aaya jo nagar mein aaye




Raksse deewangee aangan mein jo dekha hoga

6 December ko, Sri Ram ne socha hoga




Itnay deewanay kahan say mayray ghar mein aaye?

Jagmate thay jahan Ram ke kadamon ke nishaan




Pyaar ki kahkashan leti thi angrayee jahan

Mor nafrat ke usi raah guzar mein aaye




Dharm kya unka hai, kya zaat hai, yeh janta kaun

Ghar na jalta to unhe raat mein pehchanta kaun




Ghar jalanay ko mera log jo ghar mein aaye

Shakahari hai mere dost tumhare khanjar




Tumnay Babar ki taraf phaykay thay saare patthar

Hain mere sar ke khata zakhm jo sar mein




Paoon Saryu mein abhi Ram ne dhoye bhi na the

Ke nazar aaye wahan khoon ke gehre dhabbay




Paun dhoye bina Saryu ke kinare se uthay

Ram ye kehte hue apne dwaare se uthay




Rajdhani ki fiza aaye nahin raas mujheay

6 December ko mila doosra banvaas mujhay.

1 comment:

chiranjib haldar said...

you did not pull down a mosque, you pulled down humanity...you did not demolish a structure...you demolished the soul of a nation...a soul nurtured through centuries of grit...as the brick layers will gather grime and soot you will come back...you will come back

I know you may come back and raze to dust...but you will reappear to clear the dust and apply balm to see the edifice again...

of agony and ecstasy...dementia will not take over...