Rang-birangi Ek Chunariya, Urdu Nazam By Firoz Natiq Khusro

jab se abba ke chehre ko
lakwa mar gaya tha
aur dada ko dil ka daura
ziyaada-tar wo ghar ke andar rahte
aapas hi mein baaten karte
waqt bitate
bahar ke sab kaam baDe bhayya ki zimmedari
bagh baghiche court kacheri aur paTwari
fasl ugate haari

apne ghar ke mardane ka haal bura tha
har kamre mein kaTh kabaD makDi jale
kis ko fursat kaun use ab dekhe-bhaale
lekin ek kamre ke dar par
jab dekho ek qufl paDa hai
darwaza bhi KHub baDa hai
ek din main ne puchh liya phir
aaKHir is ke andar kya hai
man honTon par ungli rakh kar boli
shas shas shas

abba ne bhi rah dikhai
jao beTa ja kar khelo
main ne pair paTaKH kar puchha
aaKHir kya hai is kamre ke andar
hire moti chandi sona
ya phir koi aur khilauna
aaKHir kya hai is kamre ke andar

dada ne hunkara bhar kar
dhundle shishon ki ainak se ghur ke dekha
abba ne phir DanT pilai
bhayya aur baji ne bazu pakDe mujh ko mere kamre mein la paTKHa

ek din bhayya
shor-o-ghul ki aawazon ko sath liye
kuchh KHaufzada se ghabrae se ghar mein aa kar
apne kamre mein ghus baiThe
shor-o-ghul ke sath hi
abba ke aur dada-ji ke namon ki takrar duhai
sath mein fariyaadi ki chiKHen
jis ne wo ek baat bata di
jis ko bhayya sharm aur KHauf ke mare
apne munh se kuchh din aur na kahte

aisa manzar pahle bhi hum dekh chuke the
lekin abba aur dada ke ghusse
mal-o-daulat ki barsat ke hathon
fariyaadi ki chiKHen bahar bahar dafn ho jatin
lekin is din fariyaadi ki chiKHen
lal haweli ki diwaren toD ke andar tak aa pahunchi thin
shor-sharaba sun kar be-zari se
abba ne dada ko dekha
baisakhi par bojh ko lada
dada-ji dil pakDe pakDe
ulTe qadmon abba ke qadmon par chalte
aag ugalti aankhen le kar mardane hisse mein pahunche
main bhi chhupta-chhupata sath tha un ke pichhe pichhe
qufl-zada kamre tak pahuncha
kamra bhi us roz khula tha
lekin un ko hosh kahan tha

kuchh hi der mein bap aur beTa
abba aur dada abba
pathrile chehron ke upar lutf-o-karam ka KHol chaDha tha
honTon par muskan sajae
amn ki dewi ka didar karaati aankhon ko hamrah liye
kamre se nikle

main jo kaTh-kabaD ke pichhe
chhup baiTha tha
betabi se KHali kamre mein ja pahuncha
andar main ne jo kuchh dekha
dekh ke us ko meri aankhen sadme aur hairat se
apne halqon se bahar thin
farsh ke upar be-Dhakkanon ke tin baDe sanduq rakhe the
sanduqon par dada abba aur bhayya ke nam likhe the
phaTi-purani oDhniyon se dada aur abba ke
donon hi sanduq bhare the
bhayya ke sanduq se aTki rang-birangi ek chunariya
farsh tale fariyaad-kunan thi
dada abba aur abba se
ya phir us se jo
apna hai ghair nahin
insaf mein jis ke der nahin andher nahin

har-su haha-kar macha tha
bahar sara ganw jama tha