‘वक़्त का क्या है, गुज़रता है, गुज़र जायेगा’ is a मिस्रा borrowed from famous poet Ahmad Faraz. I have based my poem on this line, with its core idea as ‘The time will pass anyway.…’. Today (25th August) is Faraz’s death anniversary, so I decided to complete this today. This is my tribute to this great poet.
You can see the original couplet by Ahamd Faraz below –
वक़्त का क्या है, गुज़रता है, गुज़र जायेगा… (PC: rekhta.org)
It is serendipitous – I wrote this poem, and found Prashant Kumar’s photos on twitter! I am thankful to him for allowing me to use his photo on my blog. Here is his original tweet –
She is six-year-old Aisha, the same girl who you saw reading a book sitting on a debris. Her house is completely vandalised, burnt. The family is trying to start the life once again from the scratch.
Dear bigots, this is what hate does to people. Hope you understand. Help them. pic.twitter.com/zxcVw7CxvA