suraakh kashti munh-zor dariyaa — Muzaffar Hanfi

"mil kar har ek shakhs se dil itnaa bhar gayaa ab apnaa hi vajud nazar se utar gayaa kyaa jaane kyon ye hotaa hai mahsus in dinon main ji rahaa huun mujh mein koi thaa jo mar gayaa pahlaa saa vo kharosh samundar mein ab kahaan sailaab khatm ho gayaa tufaan guzar gayaa mausam ne jab bhi chupke se kuchh gul khilaae hain ilzaam shokh tez havaaon ke sar gayaa paani ki tarah bah gaiin sadiyaan kabhi kabhi aksar huaa hai yuun bhi ki lamha Thahar gayaa muddat ke baa'd aaina kal saamne paDaa dekhi jo apni shakl to chehra utar gayaa"

"khushk aankhon se nikal kar aasmaan par phail jaa ai ghubaar-e-aarzu taa-hadd-e-manzar phail jaa motiyon ki aabruein luTne vaale bahut siip ke qaidi samundar-dar-samundar phail jaa yuun palak par jagmagaanaa do ghaDi kaa aish hai raushni ban kar mire andar hi andar phail jaa aa mire siine se lag jaa tu agar sailaab hai aur khushbu hai to jaa basti mein ghar ghar phail jaa naqsh-e-paa paamaal raahon par lagaa degaa tujhe raaste mein gard ki maanind uD kar phail jaa"

"jo honTon pe mohr-e-khamoshi lagaa di to mil kar nigaahon ne taali bajaa di kisi ke liye main pareshaan nahin huun raqibon ne jaane kahaan ki uDaa di junun apni taqdir se kheltaa hai miTaai banaa di banaai miTaa di abhi nuur o zulmat mein chalti rahegi na vo is ke aadi na main us kaa aadi khabar kaarvaan ki na ho rahzanon ko yahi soch kar main ne mishal bujhaa di gulon ne jab ilzaam rakkhaa khizaan par to vo khaar ko dekh kar muskuraa di tavaqqoa nahin thi 'muzaffar' se un ko khari baat sun kar qayaamat uThaa di"

"bachche laae anokhi titli aur niraale phuul khushbu dene vaali titli uDne vaale phuul jis din gulshan mein nafrat ki aandhi chalti hai shaakhon par ugne lagte hain kaale kaale phuul us ke pairon mein kaanTe the chhaale haathon mein uupar se pariyon ne us bachche par Daale phuul hamraa aur samra ne saalgirah par aiman ki khuub chhuDaai aatish-baazi khuub uchhaale phuul meri god mein poti hai to potaa kandhe par jaise jhilmil jhilmil jugnu bhole-bhaale phuul lafzon ke is jaadugar ke pyaare pyaare sher angaare daaman mein rakkhe aur nikaale phuul"

"taalaab se nikal ke samandar mein aa gayaa is baar sindbaad mire ghar mein aa gayaa be-chehra gardanon ki shikaayat fuzul hai maa'sum haath qabza-e-khanjar mein aa gayaa dekhaa hi thaa khalaa se palaT kar zamin ko har qatra-e-lahu mire shahpar mein aa gayaa dariyaa ke laakh haath mujhe rokte rahe main ne lagaam uThaai bahattar mein aa gayaa aisi bulandiyon ki tamannaa kabhi na thi zarra huun gard-baad ke chakkar mein aa gayaa sar par gunaahgaar ke pheinkaa nahin abhi dhabba kahaan se haath ke patthar mein aa gayaa is 'ahd mein jahaan bhi havaa tez-o-tund ho tufaan saa bayaaz-e-'muzaffar' mein aa gayaa"

"ab main ash'aar ke pairaae mein Dhal jaaungaa varna is raushni-e-tab’ se jal jaaungaa bakhshiye mujh ko ye pagDanDi ghanimat hai mujhe shaah-raahon pe chalungaa to kuchal jaaungaa apne saae se tasaadum na kahin ho jaae soch rakkhaa hai ki paTri hi badal jaaungaa meri khvaahish ko to khurshid bhi paasang nahin ye na samjho ki sitaaron se bahal jaaungaa ai 'muzaffar' mire ahbaab ko khush-fahmi hai jaise main un ke sanbhaale se sanbhal jaaungaa"