Maya Jaal Na toda Jaaye,
Loobhi mann mujh ko tarsaye
Mil Jaaye to rooG hai duniya,
Mil na sa ke to jee lalcha ye!
Mere Aainsoo, Un ka daman,
RaeT pe jharna sookha jaye.
Taash ke mahalon me hardum,
Kaanch ki choodi khanki jaye!
Pyaar, mohabbat, rishte naate
Sani kuch bhi kaam na aaye.
-Zarina Sani
This poem was in response to a quip by the poetess’s 14 year old son – “Why does profound poetry have to be complicated?”
22 years on this day God broke the Maya Jaal of this world for her… I still miss my mother.