1/5: kitaab

kaaghaz mein dab ke

mar gaye keeDe kitaab ke

deewaana be-paDhe-likhe

mashhoor ho gaya

insects of the book

died, buried in paper

while the unschooled madman

became famous

Theme:Voice, Expression & Language (61)

2/5: kitaab

jise le gayi abhi hawa

woh waraq tha dil ki kitaab ka

kahin aansuon se miTa hua

kahin aansuon se likha hua

that which the wind swept away

was the paper of the heart's book

sometimes defiled by tears

sometimes written by tears

Theme:Heart, Mind & Memory (58)

3/5: kitaab

sab kitaabon ke

khul gaye maani

jab se dekhi ‘nazir’

dil ki kitaab

the meaning of all books

became evident

when i read, ‘nazir’

the volume of my heart

Theme:Heart, Mind & Memory (58)

4/5: kitaab

kidhar se barq chamakti hai

dekhen ai vaaiz

main apna jaam uThaatha huun

tu kitaab uTha

let’s find out, o priest, where the

spark of lightning comes from

i will raise my glass of wine

you raise your holy book

Theme:Creativity, Philosophy & Enlightenment (30)

5/5: kitaab

kis tarah jama kijiye

ab apne aap ko

kaagaz bikhar rahe hain

puraani kitaab ke

pull yourself together

somehow

the pages of the old book

are getting scattered

Theme:Life, Living & Dying (104)