Jab zara tez hava hoti hai kaisi sunsan faza hoti hai

A FLOWER WITHERS

Twas a day or two ago
or was it three
when the bright little purple flower
bloomed In all its glory
and the birds and the bees
and the butterflies
danced around it
as if in a trance
the sun shone white and bright
and brighter and warmer
and hotter
till the bright little purple flower
dwindled, collapsed and died
‘cause it could bear it no more
but not before
as if as a part of its divine duty
bequeathed a bunch of seeds
from its bosom to the hot air
blowing over its dying body
delivered into the arms of mother earth
some other place
some other land
and the bright little purple flower
would rise again like a phoenix
Circle of life

Pradeep Mathur

Jab zara tez hava hoti hai
kaisi sunsan faza hoti hai
ham ne dekhe hain vo sannaTe bhi
jab har ik saans sada hoti hai
munh-andhere kabhi uTh kar dekho
kya tar o taaza hava hoti hai
Gham ke be-nur guzargahon mein
ik kiran zauq-faza hoti hai
gulshan-e-fikr ki munh-band kali
shab-e-mahtab mein va hoti hai
jab nikalti hai nigar-e-shab-e-gul
munh pe shabnam ki rida hoti hai
hadsa hai ki khizan se pahle
bu-e-gul gul se juda hoti hai
ik naya daur janam leta hai
ek tahzib fana hoti hai

Nasir Kazmi