Ravi Kopra Poems

meri jaan, agar tu chaey to
mera dana paani bund kar do
meri saans bund kar do
lakin apni hansi
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"Ulloo ka patha, sooar ka tukhum", thus Allah addresses Akhtar Javad in jannat
"He was a miserable SOB on earth, so is he in heaven", he continues

He only dreams of fairies -virgins- but is useless to them
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No one knows when
he will take his last breath.
He carries the baggage of
a hundred years and still unaware
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Parinda
hum andhere main couch pe bathay thay
paaltu pashooN ki baatain kar rehay thay
bachpan main, main keh rehi thee main ne
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main ne saadgi se, samajdari se jeena seekh liya hai
akaash ko dekhtay khuda ki stooti karti hoon
shaam aanay se pehlay khoob ghoomti phirti hoon
apnay bekaar gum ko bhulaanae k liyay.
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main haath joDay, ghoonghat pehnay, dheemi roshni main udas baithi thee
"tu aaj kyon murjhaaee si lagti hai
kyon itni preshaan si lagti hai"
Kyon k aaj main ne us ko baDa gussa kar diya hai
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Odihsa k kavi yahan kaisay hain
vo aisa kuch gol-mol likhtay hain
aur us ko kavita kehnay lagtay hain
jo har kisi ki samaj se bahar hoti hai
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bhool jaao purani museebtain khamosh reh kar
dafna do lajja ki baatain khamosh reh kar

meri mehbooba moaut se laDaee laDti rehi
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