By Bahadur Shah Zafar Read – Urdu / Hindi lagtā nahīñ hai dil mirā ujḌe dayār meñkis kī banī hai ālam-e-nā-pā.edār meñ in hasratoñ se …
Oppression

गीत गाने दो मुझे
By Suryakant Tripathi “Nirala” Read English Transliteration गीत गाने दो मुझे तो,वेदना को रोकने को। चोट खाकर राह चलतेहोश के भी होश छूटे,हाथ जो पाथेय …

In Search Of Prey
By Shah Bisma Manzoor Vipers and dictators, traitors and betrayersAll dispersed here and there to look for the prey.Some feigning fake smiles, some ready with …

The Chimney Sweeper
When my mother died I was very young,
And my father sold me while yet my tongue
Could scarcely cry ” ‘weep! ‘weep! ‘weep! ‘weep!”
So your chimneys I sweep & in soot I sleep…

Bol
“…bol ye thoda waqt bahut hai
jism o zabaan ki maut se pahle
bol ki sach zinda hai ab tak
bol jo kuchh kehna hai keh le”

अँधेरे के बारे में कुछ वाक्य
…कुछ ज़िद्दी लोग हमेशा बच रहते थे समाज में
जो कहते थे कि अन्धेरे समय में अन्धेरे के बारे में गाना ही
रोशनी के बारे में गाना है ।…

If All The Animals Would Talk
The poet imagines what all would happen if the animals could talk.

Mujhe Ishq Hai
A nazm giving voice to the the silent suffering of dometic violence victims.