Not all Ghazals are about love, beauty, or abstract philosophy. Some speak about ordinary human needs – roTi, kapRa aur makaan (food, clothing, shelter).
arz hai:

har ek ghar meñ diyā bhī jale anaaj bhī ho
agar na ho kahiiñ aisā to ehtijaaj bhī ho

The poet is Nida Fazli (b. 1938).
anaaj: grain, food
ehtijaaj: protest, outcry
A rough translation:

in every home there should be a lamp, and there should be food
and if somewhere this is not so, there should be protest

The force of the sher is in the phrase har ek, meaning “every single”. The sher is not speaking of prosperity for some, but of basic dignity for all. Every household should have its essential needs met.

The diyā (lamp) is suggestive. Beyond literal light and warmth, it symbolizes knowledge, awareness, and hope – things that sustain a humane society. The couplet insists that every home deserves both bread and light, and that any failure to provide them must provoke protest, not resignation.

rahegī va.adoñ meñ kab tak asiir Khush-haalī
har ek baar hī kal kyuuñ kabhī to aaj bhī ho

asiir: imprisoned
Khush-haali: well-being

how long will prosperity remain imprisoned in promises?
why is it always “tomorrow”? why not, for once, “today”?

This is a sharp rebuke of political rhetoric. Prosperity exists mainly in speeches and pledges. Politicians repeatedly promise a better future, but that future never quite arrives. The word asiir is apt: well-being itself is held captive inside rhetoric.

badal rahe haiñ ka.ī aadmī darindoñ meñ
maraz puraanā hai is kā nayā ilaaj bhī ho

darinda: beast of prey, a rapacious animal
maraz: disease

many men are turning into beasts of prey
the disease is old, but there should be a new cure for it

This sher is about political failure, and a deeper social concern. Social and economic pressures are transforming ordinary people into predators. Greed, exploitation, and brutality are not new – the maraz is as old as civilization. Yet there is a note of hope. This ancient affliction may still yield to a fresh remedy.

In these ash’ār, the tone is not shrill or sentimental, but quietly insistent. The poet acknowledges that there is hunger, and broken promises, and too much human degradation, yet still believes protest, awareness, and renewal remain possible.