Des Se Pardes (From Homeland to Faraway-land)

Poem:

Aye des se pardes janay walay tera kia ja raha hai?
Dekh bicherne walay ko bhi, us se jia ja raha hay?

Tu le gaya shama har dil ki aur mekhane ki
Thora mom chhor ja ghar ka dia ja raha hai.

Us ko us parday se hogayi hai nafrat jise tu
khud hi cheerta hai aur phir sia ja raha hai.

Kuch us shajr ka soch jis ne lahu dia tujay,
Tu to bachpan se bas lia ja raha hai…

Kiya nazar lag gayi tere uthay girebaan ko?
Raat mein dabbay paun khufia ja raha hai.

Soch se to pehlay hi ho gaya tha muntaqil,
Ye to jo bach gaya tha go bakia ja raha hai.

Yaad hai puuray gaun ko yahaan tera pisalna,
Yaad ko hum rokay hein, waqia ja raha hai.

Kon tadpega ab Laila, Heer, Sheeren k liye,
Saibaan watan ki mitti ka Mirzya ja raha hai.

Sohani, khayal karo is mulk k jawanon ka,
Mere hum watano ko to zavia ja raha hai…

— Dedicated to those migrating…

Credits: Base phrase of the poem: “Des se pardes” is provided by Madam Sarah Awan.

• ghazal
• immigration
• longing
• poetry
• social poem
• Urdu poetry