guzarnaa hai ji se guzar jaaiye — Akhtar Saeed Khan

"balaa-e-tira-shabi kaa javaab le aae bujhe charaagh to ham aaftaab le aae bikhar gae jo kabhi chashm-e-intizaar ke rang is anjuman se ham ik aur khvaab le aae ham is zamin pe mizaan-e-adl rakhte hain kaho zamaane se fard-e-hisaab le aae har ek gham se salaamat guzar gayaa hai dil khudaa kare ki mohabbat ki taab le aae gae the ham bhi in aankhon se maangne kyaa kyaa vahi huaa ki bas ik iztiraab le aae hamaari laghzish-e-paiham ko raaegaan na samajh ajab nahin ki yahi inqalaab le aae na laae kuchh bhi ham aashob-e-dahr mein 'akhtar' bas ek hausla-e-iztiraab le aae"

"na aap aae na bedaad-e-intizaar gai ye raat phir miri aankhon se aaj haar gai liye hue koi afsaana-e-bahaar gai sabaa chaman se bahut aaj sogvaar gai hui jo subh to ashkon se jagmagaa uTThi jo aai shaam to yaadon se mushk-baar gai isi nigaah ne maaraa alam-paraston ko vahi nigaah miri zindagi sanvaar gai zamin-e-ku-e-malaamat bhi khair raah mein thi kahaan kahaan liye mauj-e-khiraam-e-yaar gai"

"mauj-e-shamim hain na khiraam-e-sabaa hain ham Thahri hui gulon ke labon par duaa hain ham begaana khalq se hain na tujh se khafaa hain ham ai zindagi muaaf ki dair-aashnaa hain ham is raaz ko bhi faash kar ai chashm-e-dil-navaaz kaanTaa khaTak rahaa hai ye dil mein ki kyaa hain ham yaarab tiraa kamaal-e-hunar ham pe khatm hai yaa sirf mashq-e-naaz kaa ik tajraba hain ham aakhir tire suluk ne jhuTlaa diyaa ise ik zoam thaa hamin ki saraapaa vafaa hain ham kal is zamin pe utreinge phulon ke qaafile ik paikar-e-bahaar ki aavaaz-e-paa hain ham"

"didani hai zakhm-e-dil aur aap se parda bhi kyaa ik zaraa nazdik aa kar dekhiye aisaa bhi kyaa ham bhi naa-vaaqif nahin aadaab-e-mahfil se magar chikh uThein khaamoshiyaan tak aisaa sannaaTaa bhi kyaa khud hamin jab dast-e-qaatil ko duaa dete rahe phir koi apni sitamgaari pe sharmaataa bhi kyaa jitne aaine the sab TuuTe hue the saamne shishagar baaton se apni ham ko bahlaataa bhi kyaa ham ne saari zindagi ik aarzu mein kaaT di farz kiije kuchh nahin khoyaa magar paayaa bhi kyaa be-mahaabaa tujh se aksar saamnaa hotaa rahaa zindagi tu ne mujhe dekhaa na ho aisaa bhi kyaa be-talab ik justuju si be-sabab ik intizaar umr-e-be-paayaan kaa itnaa mukhtasar qissa bhi kyaa ghair se bhi jab milaa 'akhtar' to hans kar hi milaa aadmi achchhaa ho lekin is qadar achchhaa bhi kyaa"

"main ne maanaa ek na ik din lauT ke tu aa jaaegaa lekin tujh bin umr jo guzri kaun use lauTaaegaa hijr ke sadme us kaa taghaaful baatein hain sab kahne ki kuchh bhi na mujh ko yaad rahegaa jab vo gale lag jaaegaa khvaab-e-vafaa aankhon mein basaae phirtaa hai kyaa divaane taabirein pathraav kareingi jab tu khvaab sunaaegaa kitni yaadein kitne qisse naqsh hain in divaaron par chalte chalte dekh lein muD kar kaun yahaan phir aaegaa baad-e-bahaari itnaa bataa de saada-dilaan-e-mausam ko sarf-e-chaman jo khuun huaa hai rang vo kab tak laaegaa"

"nairangi-e-nashaat-e-tamannaa ajiib hai kuchh shaam se qafas mein ujaalaa ajiib hai sharmaa rahe hain taar-e-garebaan-e-chaak-e-dil kuchh din se rang-e-laala-e-sahraa ajiib hai har khvaab-e-e'tibaar shikaston se chuur hai dil mein magar ghurur-e-tamannaa ajiib hai saaraa badan hai dhuup mein jhulsaa huaa magar dil par jo paD rahaa hai vo saaya ajiib hai pheinke nahin hain aaj talak reza-haa-e-dil TuuTe taalluqaat kaa rishta ajiib hai jab tak nazar na kijiye yak qatra khuun hai dil lekin jo dekhiye to ye duniyaa ajiib hai 'akhtar' ye tere paanv ke kaanTe nae nahin kaanTon se kheltaa huaa chhaalaa ajiib hai"

"dil shaad nahin karte aabaad nahin karte mahsus ye hotaa hai vo yaad nahin karte naashaad zamaane ke dil shaad nahin karte kam-aql parindon ko aazaad nahin karte mohtaaj-e-karam aksar rahte hain gharibon ke jo log gharibon ki imdaad nahin karte kuchh log shikaayat ko haq apnaa samajhte hain kuchh log kabhi tum se fariyaad nahin karte ham apne iraadon mein rakhte hain tavaanaai ham daad ke taalib ko bedaad nahin karte jo aap ki niyyat kaa kuchh ilm hamein hotaa ham apni mohabbat ko barbaad nahin karte is daur-e-siyaasat mein 'mahmud' qayaamat hai ahbaab jo karte hain jallaad nahin karte"

"bahr-e-rang-e-daastaan rahne diyaa ik tajassus darmiyaan rahne diyaa ab zamin ban kar bichhaa jaataa hai vo main ne jis ko aasmaan rahne diyaa raushni aur khvaab saare hech the apni aankhon mein dhuaan rahne diyaa vo jagah raushan nahin hogi kabhi is mohabbat ko jahaan rahne diyaa maan ne maathaa chuum kar rukhsat kiyaa maamtaa kaa saaebaan rahne diyaa kul milaa ke ye hai raaz-e-tishnagi ham ne dil ko sargiraan rahne diyaa khud hami paamaal Thahre shauq se khush-gumaan ko khush-gumaan rahne diyaa"

"tere tasavvuraat se aage nahin gayaa ye dil tavahhumaat se aage nahin gayaa jo biich raah chhoD gayaa shukr hai vo shakhs meri tavaqqu'aat se aage nahin gayaa shaayad use pasand thiin jhuTi numaaishein lekin main dil ki baat se aage nahin gayaa jazbaat-e-dil ko vo bhi na kuchh Dhang de sakaa main bhi takallufaat se aage nahin gayaa tohfa bhi us ke vaaste kangan liyaa 'zarim' vallah main us ke haath se aage nahin gayaa"

"ajab mushkil ki dil kaa haal aisaa ho gayaa hai sabhi ab puchhte hain mujh se ye kyaa ho gayaa hai main ye samjhaa ki gham kaa ab mudaavaa ho gayaa hai kuredaa zakhm to ye aur taaza ho gayaa hai kabhi fursat mile to khud se main baatein karungaa mujhe khud se mile bhi to zamaana ho gayaa hai magar ab sochtaa huun toD duun saare maraasim magar dil bhi tire gham se shanaasaa ho gayaa hai miri barbaad hasti kaa nazaara dekhne ko vo aae aur gham mein phir izaafa ho gayaa hai isi dariyaa mein ab khud ko Dubonaa chaahtaa huun ki is dil kaa talaatum mein kinaare ho gayaa hai chalo bhi 'qalb' ab tum dusraa dekho Thikaanaa ki is basti mein apnaa sab paraayaa ho gayaa hai"

"na koi dost ho meraa na ho adu meraa tum apne munh se agar kah do mujh ko tu meraa fasurdagi mein junun-e-havaa-e-gul yaani khizaan ke daur mein saudaa-e-rang-o-bu meraa jo tum nahin to bahaar-e-jinaan mein khaak nahin bahut vasia hai daamaan-e-aarzu meraa nibhegi ai dil-e-aavaara ab na tujh se miri bas aaj se na main teraa huun aur na tu meraa banaa rahe hain vo jalve ki apne tasvirein dikhaa dikhaa ke tamaashaa-e-rang-o-bu meraa kisi ki zulf-e-siyah kah rahi hai khul khul kar ghaTaa ne rang uDaayaa hai hu-ba-hu meraa mah-e-siyaam kaa aur intizaam kyaa karte janaab-e-shaikh uDaa le gae subu meraa jafaa kaa rang judaa hai vafaa kaa rang judaa malo na dast-e-hinaai mein tum lahu meraa taDap rahi hai jo abr-e-siyaah mein bijli firaaq mein yahi naqsha thaa hu-ba-hu meraa suhaani raat hai chhiTki hai chaandni 'muztar' miri nigaah mein phirtaa hai maah-ru meraa"

"khurshid jhaanktaa hai ridaa-e-sahaab se yaa nuur chhan rahaa hai kisi ke naqaab se baahar jo aaj dekh liyaa hai hijaab se suraj laraz rahaa hai tumhaare shabaab se naaseh Daraa rahe the khudaa ke 'azaab se khud hi janaab baaz na aae sharaab se lamhe guzar chuke hain jo phulon ki sej par is daur-e-pur-khatar mein vo lagte hain khvaab se khud ko to pahle dekhiye phir kahiye bevafaa bas itni iltijaa hai hamaari janaab se har roz ik na ik nai zid hai zabaan par tang aa gayaa huun main dil-e-khaana-kharaab se ahl-e-vafaa mein meraa vahi naam paD gayaa tum ne mujhe navaaz diyaa jis khitaab se kin manzilon pe meraa nishaan-e-qadam nahin puchho miraa maqaam mah-o-aaftaab se jo husn kaa kahin bhi tahaffuz na kar sake phir kaun saa hai faaeda aisi naqaab se saaya bhi jis hasin kaa DhunDe na mil sakaa be-misl vo khudaa ke hue intikhaab se sun kar hamaare she'r vo kuchh muskuraa diye 'faaruq' aaj ham bhi rahe kaamyaab se"