Aandhi

 

۔

 

جب تک سفید آندھی کے جھونکے چلے نہ تھے 

اتنے گھنے درختوں سے پتے گرے نہ تھے

اظہار پر تو پہلے بھی پابندیاں نہ تھیں 

لیکن بڑوں کے سامنے ہم بولتے نہ تھے

ان کے بھی اپنے خواب تھے اپنی ضرورتیں 

ہم سایے کا مگر وہ گلا کاٹتے نہ تھے

پہلے بھی لوگ ملتے تھے لیکن تعلقات 

انگڑائی کی طرح تو کبھی ٹوٹتے نہ تھے

پکے گھروں نے نیند بھی آنکھوں کی چھین لی 

کچے گھروں میں رات کو ہم جاگتے نہ تھے

رہتے تھے داستانوں کے ماحول میں مگر 

کیا لوگ تھے کہ جھوٹ کبھی بولتے نہ تھے

اظہرؔ وہ مکتبوں کے پڑھے معتبر تھے لوگ 

بیساکھیوں پہ صرف سند کی کھڑے نہ تھے

 

۔

 

Until the whirlwinds were gone  

The leaves did not fall from such a dense tree  

 

There were no restrictions on expression before 

But we did not speak in front of the elders 

 

They also had their own dreams and their own needs 

We were shadows, but they did not cut our throats 

 

People used to meet but relationships  

They never broke like a ring  

 

Pucca houses also took away sleep  

We didn't wake up at night in the mud houses

 

 Lived in the atmosphere of stories but 

 Were there people who never lied?

 

Until the whirlwinds were gone 

The leaves did not fall from such a dense tree  

 

There were no restrictions on expression before 

But we did not speak in front of the elders 

 

They also had their own dreams and their own needs 

We were shadows, but they did not cut our throats 

 

People used to meet but relationships  

They never broke like a ring  

 

Pucca houses also took away sleep  

We didn't wake up at night in the mud houses

 

 Lived in the atmosphere of stories but 

 Were there people who never lied?

 

 
 Azhar , they were educated people of schools
 Sanad was not the only one standing on crutches

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