Parveen Shakir's ghazal: Dil pe ek tarfa qayamat karna...

Parveen Shakir had stunned the masses as well as critics with the freshness in her poetry. Born in 1952, she grew up to become the most popular Urdu poet of her age. She passed away in 1994.

But by then she had become the most popular poet in India and Pakistan. Read her ghazal:

दिल पे एक तरफ़ा क़यामत करना
मुस्कुराते हुए रुखसत करना

अच्छी आँखें जो मिली हैं उसको
कुछ तो लाजिम हुआ वहशत करना

जुर्म किसका था, सज़ा किसको मिली
अब किसी से ना मोहब्बत करना

घर का दरवाज़ा खुला रखा है
वक़्त मिल जाये तो ज़हमत करना

परवीन शाकिर


Now read the ghazal in Roman script:


dil pe ek tarfaa qayaamat karnaa
muskuraate hue rukhsat karnaa

achchhii aaNkheN jo milii haiN usko
kuchh to laazim huaa vahshat karnaa

jurm kiskaa thaa, sazaa kisko milii
ab kisii se naa mohabbat karnaa

ghar ka darvaazaa khulaa rakha hai  
vaqt mil jaaye to zahmat karnaa

Parvin Shakir