ANDHAA BAHRAA SHAHAR
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SHAHAR MEIN SHOR HAI
SHAHAR MEIN HANGAMAA HAI
SHAHAR MEIN BHEERH HAI
SHAHAR MEIN JULOOS NIKALATE HAIN
ZINDAABAAD-ZINDAABAAD
MURDAABAAD-MURDAABAAD
KE NAARE
GOONJATE HAIN SHAHAR KEE HAVAA MEIN.
BARHEE CHAL-PAHAL RAHTEE HAI SHAHAR MEIN
PAR HATYARE HAIN KI IN SABKE BEECH SE
CHAAKOO GHUMAATE,GOLIYAANCHALAATE
DANDANAATE NIKAL JAATE HAIN.
LAASH KISKEE GIREE HAI
BALAATKAAR KISKE SAATH HUA HAI
SHAHAR KEE BHEERH KO ISKAA PATAA NAHIN CHALTAA
VAH LAASHON KO KUCHAL AAGE BARH JAATEE HAI
VAH BALAATKAAR KEE TRAASDEE BHOGTEE NAGNA DEHON KO KUCHALTEE
AAGE BARH JAATEE HAI.
LOG SAB KUCHH DEKHTE HAIN
PAR AANKHEIN BAND KAR LETE HAIN
LOG SAB KUCHH SUNTE HAIN
PAR KAAN BAND KAR LETE HAIN
SHAHAR KE NA HAATH RAHE HAIN NA PAAANV
HATYAARON-BALAATKAAARIYON KO NA ROK PAATAA HAI
NA PAKARH PAATAA HAI SHAHAR.
BAHUT TEZ BHAAG RAHAA HAI SHAHAR
MAR CHUKEE SAMVEDNAON KE SAATH JEE RAHAA HAI SHAHAR.
Each person is but a grain of sand resting beside the sea. This thought sets the tone for Jill Eisnaugle’s latest poetry collection, Beside Still Waters.
David Hightower’s lyrically expansive meditation on the whims of fate and the unpredictability of the human condition fill the pages of THE HANGING MAN DREAMS with thrilling music and mesmerizing imagery. Hightower’s richly infused voice echoes the e