PASHU PAKSH
BEAST WITHIN

Pashu paksh nihit tere bheetar
Tuzh per hoon poorntayaa nirbhar
Muzhse kyoon aatankit rehetaa
Kyoon shoar macha ker ke kehta

Andar ke pashu ka karo hanan
Maanav banane ka karo jatan
Yug yug se karta yahee yatn
Muzh pe barbarta ka prayatn
Main tera aik abhinn ansh
Bhola bhaala, naa ke nrishans

Ye aadambar hai yaa vivek
Main nissahaay hoon jantu ek
Do teen meri ichchhayein hain
Prakriti pradatt jwalaayein hain
Jungle mein jaa ke dekh jara
Aakhet wahee pashu karta hai
Hotaa naa jiskaa pet bharaa

Jitnaa tu muzhe dabaayega
Pashu ke bheetar ka chhipa pashu
Phir Nar-Bhakshee bunn jaayegaa
Aisaa aatank machayega
Pashu pe naa lagega kuchh kalank
Per maanav jhel na paayega
Sub ulat pulat hoe jaayega
Maanav bhee pashu bunn jayega.



 

I am the animal within
Reliant on you
Why do you remain
Scared of me and go around
Professing………….

Kill the animal within
Thus be humane
How innocent
How inane
For epochs and ages
You have been trying to slaughter me
Look I am a plain and simple being
And not the bloodthirsty beast that
You have made me to be.

Why this façade of goodness
That you wear
Please listen carefully
My dear
I have just a couple of basic instincts
Go see in a jungle to find some links
Fed felines in sleep and rest
Will never put an impala to test.

More you try to keep me hungry
The beast within me will turn beastly
And consume your so called human(e)ity
And will wreak such havoc
That all within you will run amok
Animal will remain animal but
To say the say the least
Man will also turn into a beast.



~Phuhaar~

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