Khusro Mumtaz

The two December 16ths

Woh humsafar tha magar uss se humnawai na thi …
Adawatein theen, taghaful tha, ranjishein theen bahut
Bicharne walay mein sub kuch tha, bewafai na thi

Naseer Turabi on the loss of East Pakistan

Hum ke tehray ajnabi itni madaraton ke baad
Phir banein ge aashna kitni mulaqaton ke baad

Faiz Ahmed Faiz on his return from Dhaka in 1974