Shahr-e-nawa, Urdu Nazam By Shafiq Fatima Shera

us gird-o-nawah mein mahki thi
wo naghma ba-lab lale ki kali
patti par lipTi patti sarkati
aahista KHiram sunahri dhupon mein
ek puri rut ka KHam us ke
amrit se bhara
ek puri rut DanDi Dhalkane
pankhuDiyan bikhrane ko darkar hui

sab chaman chaman gul hauz labaalab sae ghane
jhonkon ki surat ki rawan-dawan
uftada ba-zahir sab rahen
rahti hain paiham sargardan
sab agle pichhle yug
sab baste ujaDte ganw nagar
sharnathi nirwasi
paiham dohraate hue
wo biti baaten
jin ka koi ant nahin

piDhi piDhi kalakh piti
in rahon par
chalte chalte talwe pathra jate hain
pathrahaT
dhire dhire hasti ka zahir baatin sab leti hai nigal
aankhen sakit
aansu jym jate hain

jab koi na ho
jab saya shaKH-e-gul afi ban kar renge
har aahaT ke nadida hath mein chaqu ka phal khula hua
rah rah kar chamak uThe

tab kaun hai ye
shane par narmi se rakha jaane wala
ek hath kahin ye
KHusraw ka naghma to nahin
ek pal sanjog zamanon ka
jaanon ka aur armanon ka
jharna ban kar patthar se phuT paDa

ye apni aankhen
kitne dur-daraaz zamanon mein
khul sakti hain
pani is chhanw ka ThanDa yaKH
pani mein basi kuza ki sugandh
marham zaKHm-e-jigar ka
aur kari itna
ye apni aankhen kitne dur-daraaz
zamanon mein khul sakti hain
sab kuchh waisa hi jaise sach-much ka
zi-nafas kushada gird-o-pesh
tamir ujli ujli
jadon mein
har aan ujagar ojhal arz-o-sama

is gird-o-nawah mein utra tha
ek shahr-e-nawa
wo ek samay ka dip samay ki aandhi mein
jalta tha yahan
is mein jitna bhi shamil tha

mahlon ka fasilon ka hissa
nabud hua
nabud hua jata hai paiham
qatl-e-am ka KHat
lashkar gahon ka raqba
qarnon ka asasa
purab ka aahang ye jaana pahchana
ek narm tamazat basant-rut mein
rachi hui

jab jab main lali kahti hun
ek suraj zer-e-KHatt-e-ufuq
mahjub hua jata hai jaise ek aalam
ho us ki taraf angusht-numa
tham jate hain pal bhar ko nawa-gar safar-nasib
ye kis sagar ki parwarda badli hogi
kitni jaan lewa masafaten tai kar ke use
is wadi ke daman mein mila
hangam barasne ka