Lootera

Paise ho, dil ho, pyaar ho

Tujhe to sirf lenaa aata hai

Khushi ho, chain ho ya sukoon

Tujhe to sirf lootna aata hai

Waise to kabhi kuch tu detaa nahin

Diyaa bhi to sirf dard aur gham

Achaa sab kuch lene mein maahir hai tu

Achaa sab kuch lutaane ke liye hain hum

Aaj bhi tujhe hamari yaad 

Apni hi zaroorat ke tehhat aayee

Apna dukhda sunaa diyaa

Hamara haal na puchaa oh re harjaaee

Kuch khaati meethi yaadein hain 

Ho sake to in ko le jaa 

Kuch tere diye toote sapne, toote waade hain

Lena hai, to yeh sab bhi le jaa

Ub to tujhe dene ko kuch bhi naa raha baaqi

Na paise, na dil… donoun huwe khaali

Lenaa hai agar, to dua letaa jaa

Na lage kabhi tujhe ek toote dil ki bad dua 

Rabia Jafar ✍🏼

Barish aur Khwaaish

Yeh kadakti bijli, garajte huwe baadal, 

Barish ka andeshaa, yeh garmi ka mausam, 

Khaali ho ghar, aur chhat pe

Houn sirf tum aur hum

Aasmaan ki bijli se zyaada tez 

To woh jo hai hamare darmiyaan

Yeh baadloun ki garaj se oonchi 

Hain teri meri dhadkanein

Yeh garmi mausam ki waajah se hai

Yaa hai hamari saasoun ki tapish

Yeh lamha yahin tham jaaye

Bas itni si hai khwaaish

Yeh baarish ki pehli boondh hai

Ya tu ne mujhe chhuaa?

Yeh teri ankhen hain

Ya koi gehra kuwaan

In mein jhaankun to doob jaaun main

Ya khud ko phir se paaun main

Yeh raat bhi kitni saazish mand hai

Har saans teri numaayish mein hai

Na bijli ka darr, na baarish ka gham

Iss pal mein simte hain saare alam

Yeh lamha yahin tham jaaye

Bas ho yeh pal, tum… aur hum

_Rabia Jafar ✍🏼_

Armaan…

Just something I wrote in 2022

Bohut mann karta hai
Ke koi mere bhi nakhre uthaaye…
Main roothun, to koi mujhe manaaye…
Main ro, koi mujhe chup karaaye

Kab tak khud ko yunhi
Behlaaoun, samjhaaoun?
Kab tak apne armaan
Dabbaoun, chhippaoun?

Kahan tak yeh safar
Tey karoun youn akele?
Kabhi to koi aaye, thaame mujhe,
Baahoun mein le le…

Rabia Jafar✍🏼

6th February 2022

Bonds Beyond Bottles

 

Scotch, whiskey, gin, beer,

You think these intoxicate us, my dear?

No matter how much you drink rum or wine,

It’s only true friends who make you feel fine

Champagne, Breezers, Bacardi, ale…

They sparkle bright but always fail

In front of bonds that time can’t tear,

In front of hearts that truly care

In the end, it’s crystal clear—

No drink compares to friends so dear

No bottle holds that kind of high,

No label reaches to the sky

So pour the love, forget the bar—

The best kind of drunk is who we are

So enjoy your booze, enjoy your drink…

With good friends around, who needs a shrink? 🤪

Rabia Jafar ✍🏼

Nasha - e - Dosti

Today, some friends posted in one of the whatsapp groups an impromptu plan to meet up at one of bars to have drinks and catch up… they then posted a group pic, which led to this piece being written… 

Nasha na sharaab mein, na uraak mein,

Nasha toh hai teri dosti mein, tere saath mein.

Waisa nasha kahan kisi beer ya feni mein,

Jo chadh jaata hai bas doston ki sohbat mein.

Pee lo chahe breezer, gin ya rum,

Yeh kahaan mita paayenge tere dard, tere gham.

Na wine, na tonic, na scotch mein woh baat,

Sukoon toh milta hai sache doston ke saath.

Rabia Jafar ✍🏼

2nd April 2026

Bukhaar Utar Gaya Magar…

 Lagaa thaa ke tere pyaar ka bukhaar mere sir se utar gayaa

Aaj phir ehsaas hua ke abhi bhi main beemar houn

Teri haqeeqat to dekh li, teri asleeyat jaan li,

Tere ankinat shikaroun mein, main bhi to shumaar houn

Nahin chahiye yeh kasak, kis kaam ki yeh tadap

Dil aur dimagh ko baar baar samjhaata houn

Kyun teri yaad se aaj bhi mein lipta houn?

Kyun mein apne mann ko nahin bachapata houn?

Itne mushkil se sambhaala thaa jo dil ko

Phir hogaya tyaar kambakht tootne ko

Meri rooh bhi bhool gaayee tere diye zakhm

Meri nafs ne phir qabool kiya tera hurr bharam

Tu harjaaee hai, na qabil-e- maafi hai

Yaqeen aur bharose ka qaatil hai tu

Teri meethi zubaan, bholi shakl, seher-angez andaaz

Shayad in hi ki waja se insaanon mein shaamil hai tu

Naa tujh mein hai narmi, na rahim karim hai tu

Aata hai sirf lena tujhe , daata nahin hai tu

Shikari to ek baar maarte hain, phhanste hai ek baar

Tu, kamzarf to na maarta hai na jeene deta hai hurr baar

Jab tera deen imaan nahin, dil o rooh nahin

Kyun umeed karta houn mein tujh se pyaar ki, humdardi ki?

Meri takleef main tera kya kasoor? 

Tu to hai hi shuru se bedardi

Tu ne to sirf ki thi dil lagi, dil ko lagaaya hum ne

Tu ne to sirf jaal phelaya, dekh kar bhi hum phanse

Buraaee to koot koot kar tujhe main hain bhari

Phir bhi teri ankhon ki gehraaee mein hum dhanse

Tu zalim hai, farebi hai, dhokebaaz hai tu

Phir bhi kasoor mera hai, be kasoor hai tu

Tu ne jo kiya, kyun kiya, woh jaane tera Rab

Hum to aaj bhi tumhe dua’in dete hain Huzoor!

_*Rabia Jafar ✍🏼_*