Meena Kumari always said that while she played different characters in different films, in her poetry, she was always Mahajabeen. Over the years many books were penned on the actor and most of these only focused on her private life, very few documents her career and fewer still discuss her as a poetess. Noorul Hasan and Roli Books have done a favour to fans of Meena Kumari for bringing out a gem like A Life Beyond Cinema.
Zamana
Lamhe urte hain kabhi ya toh tilion ki tarah
Ya kabhi khusbuon kimanind cheekh uthte hain
Simta phailate sanche mein waqt ke dhal kark
Ajeeb shakl ke banker zamana rkhte hain naam
Zamana?
Lamhe- borhe, ghareeb, faqajadah
Lamhemaazi ke jo ki maar na sake
Zamana!
Jaise faqajadah giroh giddhon ka
Bekafan umeedon pepahra deta hai.
concluded