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In a corner of a bookshop
Evening was baron
and the city banal
the crowd submissive
and the walk incurious
I stopped for a while
In a corner of a bookshop
The shop was alive
with fragrance of thought
and warmth of insight
rows of books
pulsating with ideas
A book in a corner
heart-broken with love
and one on the top shelf
so cold with logic
few smiling with humor
some bitter with history
one struggling with present
In a corner was a jungle
having flowers of spring
and the sorrow of fall
few hills of success
near swamps of loss
For a moment I felt
our time is a book
and the city, this crowd
and question-less submission
is a word so lost
No meaning, no voice
no share, no impact
no passion, no urge
to be part of truth
This question-less submission
is a bird in a cage
the cage of dogma
the prison of creed
I felt forsaken
and searched for a book
a book that says
my blues, my heartache
a book dedicated
to woe and forlorn
Kitab ki Dukan Per
Sheher-e-baykamal ki
sham-e-baykhayal thi
her tarruf rawan dawan
kum sawal log thay
phir main iss hujoom main
chultay chultay ruk gaya
kitab ki dukan per
Dukan kya thi youn laga
jahan numa ho samnay
baseeraton ki roshni
mehak rahi thi char soo
qatar say sajay hoay
khayal der khayal thay
tarah tarah ki soch thi
naey nawalay khwab thay
Thay jild jild aks e jan
thay warq warq soz e dil
khizan ki rut bhi thee wahan
thay rung-e-nobahar bhi
Jamal-e-husn e yaar bhi
Kamal-e-bakamal bhi
Urooj bhi zawal bhi
Najanay mujh ko kyon laga
zamana ik kitab hay
ye shehr e baykamal or
Ye kum sawal log sub
ik hurf e baysabat hain
wo hurf e baymurad jo
ibaraton main kho gaya
Guman ki dursgah main
Jo hoshmund josh hay
Jo justujo ka shouq hay
kamal e fun ka zouq hay
ye uss say hain gurez pa
busharaton pay munhasir
ye moajzon kay muntazir
yaqeen kay butkaday main ye
nijat-o-khouf e murg say
aqeedaton main qaid hain
Kitab ki dukan per
Hujoom-e-kum sawal ka
main papyada aadmi
nazur bacha kay waqt say
jawaz dhondnay laga
Kitab dhondnay laga
kitab jiss kay baab main
khyal-e-baykhayal ho
Jo muslahat na likh sukay
wo un kaha malal ho
kitab jiss ka intisab
baybussi kay naam ho