Tumhare baad… (After you…)

– Art: “Life after you” (2023) — by Poonam Choudhary

Poem:

Mujh ko tumhare baad phir
acha lage to kya lage?
Koi khwaab, waada, iraada,
sacha lage to kya lage?
Mene tuj sang parkha
Qaus-e-Qazah ko,
Rang charhay koi muj par,
gehra lage to kya lage?

Kar di buland mene
ghar ki har deewaar…
Yaad na aaye teri baaz,
pehra lage to kya lage?

Har din dekha tujay
utartay jese shaam.
Tuj sang bitayi saanj
sapna lage to kya lage…?

Aata hai roz mahtaab ik
sur-khuru-e-khaab…
Har chehra na chehra tera
sa lage to kya lage…?

Tuj sang lamhay beetanay ko
rahay qalb betaab…
Dekh dharkhanon ki parwaz,
thehra lage to kya lage?

Jo paas ho kar bhi
na do qadam saath de…
Woh saya mujay ab
mera lage to kya lage?

Karlay jo shamil har dua mei
tujay apne saath…
Woh shakhs bhi Sohani gar apna
na lage to kya lage…?

— Dedicated to the beloved.

– Art by Pakkhee (Miss Areesha Khuwaja).

— Credits: Refrain of the poem “lage to kya lage” shared by Madam Sarah Awan.

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