Contemporary · Bhopal
Aman Raahi is a fictional contemporary poet created for the Meeras seed; his verse is original content placed in the public domain rather than the work of a living poet. He is imagined as a wanderer’s voice — short, plain ghazals and nazms about roads, work and small mercies. He helps the archive demonstrate the contemporary form set without drawing on any copyrighted text.
main ek musaafir hoon meri manzil koi nahin
har raah meri hai aur har ghar mera nahin
din bhar ki mehnat ke baad jab roTi nazar aati hai
to mazdoor ke haathon mein puri kaaynaat aati hai
kisi bhuuke ko khila do to khuda mil jaata hai
ye ibaadat har masjid har mandir se baRi hai
raat ko jab saRkein soti hain main jaagta hoon
shaayad koi musaafir abhi tak raah mein hai
har subah ek nayi umeed le ke aati hai
thak ke baiTha hoon magar haara nahin hoon main
mere paas dene ko sirf do baatein hain
thoRa sa dard aur thoRi si mohabbat
raah ke saathi mil jaayein to safar aasaan lagta hai
akela chalne waala har manzil ko door paata hai
dil ko itna na bojhal kar ai meri zindagi
thoRa sa gham bhi kaafi hai jeene ke liye