Azhar alam, 19 july 2014
Chalte rahe shan se kabhi dagha nahi kiya
Waqt ne waqt se kabhi juda nahi kuya
Tabiyat mila seher se seher tak is kadar
Usne faqat waqt ka haq ada nahi kiya
Milna tha mukaddar me arsh se farsh tak
Ishteyak se usne khud ko raza nahi kiya
Wo bahut aziz hai mere kyun kare aisa fitna
Bakhuda usne mujhe kabhi juda nahi kiya
Logo ne jod diya mujhe baghawat ki dor se
Har simt yahi kahte rahe koi khata nahi kiya
Azhar alam, 19 july 2014
har shahar me mujhe ek chand dikhta hai
har mahfil me tumhara naam dikhta hai
mujhe tumhari kamyabi pe naaz hai janejaan
har pal tumhare aane ka aas dikhta hai
Azhar alam, 19 july 2014
Jab maine apne gulab ko haseen sa gulab diya
Ye nazara dekh kar chand bhi sharma gaya
Bikher di chandani hamari sadakat ke waste
Uska noor sa chehra bahut khoob nazar aaya
Azhar alam, 19 july 2014
Wo byan kar gaya ek manzar aligaar se
Har pal ko trasha or arz kiya apne yar se
Kya pata ye sila milta hai dil lagane ka
Pyar ki kashti ko utara tha bade pyar se
Jakham jo banta hai wo dikhta nahi jism pe
Or abae chashme bhi rukta nahi abesaar se
Aksar roshni se ek aas dikhti hai zindagi ki
Chiraghein jalaei baitha hai us intezar se
Arzemand hai wo sabar rakhte hai nasaaz ke baad
Jeete hai wo hamesha akubat ke ashrar se
Qamar ki chandani rato me wo pal yaad aye to
Dua karna ki shifa mile parwar digar se
Azhar alam, 19 july 2014
Tamam tazkirah me azeem tajkirah hai dosk ka
Mano to sabse ohda or nirala safar hai dost ka
Dosti me har sakhsee pahlu ka zikra kar lete hai log
Itemade itna hai ki dil se qadar karte hai dost ka
Kabhi tabit karke lagta hai zamane me kuchh talaf kiya
Milne ke baad utna hi fikr maloom hota hai dost ka
Kisi ke dosti ka tazkirah jab bhi dekhta hu main
Guzastah zamane ka manjar nazar ata hai dost ka
Tumne to dosti ka har farz kamil ki hai Azhar
Is hayat-e safar me hamesha mutaffir ho dost ka
Satish Verma, 19 july 2014
Lines on forehead are deepening.
No signs of abatement
of fire in our bellies.
The hunger we inherited
is only comforting
the mouthless.
Broken laughs.
Strange bedfellows
chopping off the murals from the lips.
A body rots,
stinks.
Maggots fly.
Negotiations are still on.
Who will dissect the legend
to find the cause of death?
Like a clay model, a soldier breaks.
Satish Verma
Gert Strydom, 18 july 2014
Just like doctors did do at a time
he visits people,
sometimes into the late hours of the night
and although he serves the word of God
he tries to help them
to get their marriages happy again,
he hear the complaints and sorrows
of people that have lost children, companions
and even parents to death
tries to find answers
where none does exist, in the struggle of man,
he searches for deeper meaning
and when he stands behind the pulpit
and rises his eyes to heaven
a person does hear, does experience
the fragile human being
which that old man has become
and you are aware of his brokenness
until the voice of God
starts speaking right through him
when he leaves people
in the tranquillity of God’s eternal and wide love.
Satish Verma, 18 july 2014
Nomadic moon was roaming
in the maddened fear of night.
A wordless journey in silent dark.
Betonica
for a painless being,
sustains the blues of separation.
An inverted green
puts the roots upward
to send a message.
Fear breaks the bones
to mould the claws.
There was no oblique answer.
Nobody was blameless.
Satish Verma
Joe Breunig, 17 july 2014
How can I not be full of contentment?
God is not a Man, that He would lie.
On a daily basis, His promises flow;
He is the Source, on Whom I can rely.
Despite the surrounding difficulties,
I’ve purposed to accept His sacred Word;
therefore, I will continue to stand firm,
by His grace and loving messages heard.
His everlasting mercies are renewed;
I remain girded by His faithfulness!
With the thankfulness of my frail heart,
I am still unable to wholly express…
the articulation of proper gratitude.
With empty hands, raised over my head,
I bow my heart in humble reverence,
while the grace of the scarlet thread
reminds me of the thankfulness I need.
Until the day that we are face-to-face,
I await with righteous anticipation
of being held by His eternal embrace.
Author Notes:
Loosely based on:
Rom 3:23; Phil 3:7-12
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By Joseph J. Breunig 3rd, © 2014, All rights reserved.
Azhar alam, 17 july 2014
Yu to har lamho ko sanwara tha is kadar,
Kamyab zindagi ko magmoom kar gaya koi.
Usne ijhare mohabbat kiya hi kyu tha,
Is alam me mujhe posidah kar gaya koi.
Tumne to use chand se umdah samjha hamesha,
Is chand si roshni ko bhi gamgin kar gaya koi.
Tumne badi zafukash se bhula diya us manjar ko,
sabik us chiragah me magloob kar gaya koi.
Sabar rakhne walo ko manjil dikha de ya rab,
sare jahan me ye dua kar gaya koi.
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