bante hain farzaane log — Ameer Qazalbash

"paain har ek raah-guzar par udaasiyaan nikli hui hain kab se safar par udaasiyaan khvaabida shahr jaagne vaalaa hai lauT aao baiThi hui hain shaam se ghar par udaasiyaan main khauf se laraztaa rahaa paDh nahin sakaa phaili hui thiin ek khabar par udaasiyaan suraj ke haath sabz qabaaon tak aa gae ab hain yahaan har ek shajar par udaasiyaan apne bhi khatt-o-khaal nigaahon mein ab nahin is tarah chhaa gai hain nazar par udaasiyaan phailaa rahaa hai kaun kabhi sochtaa huun main khvaabon ke ek ek nagar par udaasiyaan sab log ban gae hain agar ajnabi to kyaa chhoD aaeingi mujhe mire dar par udaasiyaan"

"vo ik lafz jo be-sadaa jaaegaa vahi muddaton tak sunaa jaaegaa koi hai jo mere taaaqub mein hai mujhe meraa chehra dikhaa jaaegaa vo ik shakhs jo dushman-e-jaan sahi magar phir bhi apnaa kahaa jaaegaa jalegi koi mishal-e-jaan abhi magar phir andheraa saa chhaa jaaegaa nafi-e-jurat-e-haq-numaai sahi magar kab kisi se kahaa jaaegaa yahaan ik shajar muntazir saa bhi hai ab aakhir kahaan tak chalaa jaaegaa main vo mishal-e-nim-shab huun 'amir' jise kal kaa suraj bujhaa jaaegaa"

"tumhaari maang mein sindur jab se dekhaa hai hamaare saamne tanhaaiyon kaa chehra hai ik aur 'umr guzaarungaa dasht-e-vahshat mein sunaa ye hai ki abhi bastiyon mein khatra hai chhupaa rahaa hai kisi karb ko kisi gham ko jo hans rahaa hai musalsal vo shakhs jhuTaa hai tumhaare baa'd main is shahr mein akelaa thaa ye kaun hai jo mire saath saath chaltaa hai Dubo sakegaa na tufaan-e-tirgi us ko jo aaftaab mire zehn ne taraashaa hai"

"dard kaa shahr kahin karb kaa sahraa hogaa log vaaqif the koi ghar se na niklaa hogaa vo jo ik shakhs ba-zid hai ki bhulaa do mujh ko bhuul jaaun to usi shakhs ko sadma hogaa aankh khulte hi bichhaD jaaegaa har manzar-e-shab chaand phir subh ke maqtal mein akelaa hogaa jin ujaalon ki taraf dauD rahi hai duniyaa un ujaalon mein qayaamat kaa andheraa hogaa ek ummid har ik dar pe liye jaati hai ye miraa shahr thaa koi to shanaasaa hogaa"

"kahin salib kahin karbalaa nazar aae jidhar nigaah uThe zakhm saa nazar aae bujhi hai pyaas zamin ki to ye tapish kyuun hai vo abr hai to barastaa huaa nazar aae bajaa hai apni aqidat magar savaal ye hai vo aadmi ho to kyunkar khudaa nazar aae chalo ki gher lein us ko lahu lahu chehre har ek samt use aaina nazar aae hamin ne tan se judaa kar liyaa hai sar apnaa bas ek ham the jo sab se judaa nazar aae kahaan kahaan abhi imkaan-e-zindagi hai 'amir' dhuaan chhaTe to koi raasta nazar aae"

"agar masjid se vaaiz aa rahe hain qadam kyuun Dagmagaae jaa rahe hain kisi ki bevafaai kaa gila thaa na jaane aap kyuun sharmaa rahe hain ye divaana kisi ki kyaa sunegaa ye divaane kise samjhaa rahe hain manaane ke liye jashn-e-bahaaraan nasheman bhi jalaae jaa rahe hain 'amir' un ko hai fikr-e-chashm-e-nam bhi vo daaman bhi bachaae jaa rahe hain"