Baam

qismat to dekh tuti hai ja kar kahan kamand kuchh dur apne hath se jab baam rah gaya

ai kash hamari qismat mein aisi bhi koi sham aa jae ek chand falak par nikla ho ek chand sar-e-baam aa jae

hum hi un ko baam pe lae aur hamin mahrum rahe parda hamare nam se uttha aankh ladai logon ne i had brought her to the stage and then i was denied the curtain, in my name, was raised, but others gratified the speaker laments a bitter irony: he helped the beloved rise to a visible, elevated place, but he himself gained no share of that closeness. “rooftop” suggests prominence and access, while the “veil” lifting from his name implies his role being revealed. once that happens, society feels licensed to stare and pursue, turning his devotion into his disgrace. the emotional core is wounded love mixed with humiliation and the pain of others profiting from one’s sacrifice.

ab khak ud rahi hai yahan intizar ki ai dil ye baam-o-dar kisi jaan-e-jahan ke the

aankhon mein damak utthi hai taswir-e-dar-o-baam ye kaun gaya mere barabar se nikal kar

ek barf si jami rahe diwar-o-baam par ek aag mere kamre ke andar lagi rahe

ek dastan ab bhi sunate hain farsh o baam wo kaun thi jo raqs ke aalam mein mar gai

jal uthe bazm-e-ghair ke dar-o-baam jab bhi hum khanuman-kharab aae

ahbab mujh se qat-e-talluq karen 'jigar' ab aaftab-e-zist lab-e-baam aa gaya

jab safar se laut kar aae to kitna dukh hua is purane baam par wo surat-e-zeba na thi

allah-re un ke husn ki mojiz-numaiyan jis baam par wo aaen wahi koh-e-tur ho

ek angdai se sare shahr ko nind aa gai ye tamasha main ne dekha baam par hota hua

mujhe rahne ko wo mila hai ghar ki jo aafaton ki hai rahguzar tumhein khaksaron ki kya khabar kabhi niche utre ho baam se

mujh ko bhi jagne ki aziyyat se de najat ai raat ab to ghar ke dar-o-baam so gae

main jaanta hun makinon ki khamushi ka sabab makan se pahle dar-o-baam se mila hun main

juda thi baam se diwar dar akela tha makin the khud mein magan aur ghar akela tha

wo subh ko is dar se nahin baam par aata nama na koi bandh de suraj ki kiran mein

hum lab-e-gor ho gae zalim tu lab-e-baam kyun nahin aata

koi bhi sajni kisi bhi sajan ki muntazir hai na muztarib hai tamam baam aur dar bujhe hain kahin bhi raushan diya nahin hai