KHUDKUSH BAMBAAR LARKAY SAY – a poem
22 June 2009
I am posting a new poem of Neelam Ahmed Basheer that addresses a young suicide bomber and raises some pertinet questions concerning humanity and life.
I am grateful to Ms Basheer for her contributions to my website. In fact, meeting Neelam Bashir in the recent months has been a remarkable experience. She is an extraordinary writer and a sensitive poet. Above all, she is hospitable, engaging and extremely lively. Her deep, ingrained humanism – under the influence of Ahmad Basheer, a leading intellectual of our times – is a rare commodity in these times of conflict, hatreds and violence. The reason that Pakistani society has not exploded and fissured is due to the presence of its writers, poets, literati and artists who continue to struggle for a better, hope-inducing world.
surkh saibon jaisay gaalon waalay khoobsurat larkay
tumhara naam kya hai?
kya kaha abdulqayyum?
aray meray munnay ka bhi to yehi naam hai
wohi jo subah isi raastay say school gaya hai
jis pay tum jacket pehnay jaray ho
tumhain kaheen mila to nahi
shukar hai iss waqt tak tou woh school pohunch gaya ho ga
uss ke abu isshi sarak ki
ek police chauki pe pehra de rahay hein
Abdul Qayyum un se roz galay mil ke jaata hai
tum ne unhein dekha tou nahi?
Khudara unhein apna naam na bata dena
kaheen woh tumhei bhee galay se na laga lein
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