shahidaan-e-vafaa ki manqabat likhte rahe lekin — Abdul Aziz Khalid

har baat hai 'khaalid' ki zamaane se niraali
baashinda hai shaayad kisi duniyaa-e-digar kaa

nai mohabbatein 'khaalid' puraani dostiyaan
azaab-e-kashmakash-e-be-amaan mein rahte hain

kaun mar kar dobaara zinda huaa
kaun mulk-e-fanaa se lauTaa hai

pursaan-e-pareshaani-e-insaan nahin koi
qismat ki girah naakhun-e-tadbir se kholo

qaasid ye zabaan us ki bayaan us kaa nahin hai
dhokaa hai tujhe us ne kahaa aur hi kuchh hai

parakhne vaale parkheinge isi meaar par ham ko
jahaan se kyaa liyaa ham ne jahaan ko kyaa diyaa ham ne

jism-e-aazaadi mein phunki tu ne majburi ki ruuh
khair jo chaahaa kiyaa ab ye bataa ham kyaa karein

kin manzilon luTe hain mohabbat ke qaafile
insaan zamin pe aaj gharib-ul-vatan saa hai

royaa thaa kaun kaun mujhe kuchh khabar nahin
main us ghaDi vatan se kai miil duur thaa

qaatil tiri gali bhi badaun se kam nahin
jis ke qadam qadam pe mazaar-e-shahid hai

aazaadiyon ke shauq o havas ne hamein 'adil'
ik ajnabi zamin kaa qaidi banaa diyaa

uDaati hai vo tegh chaadar lahu ki
shahidon ko khilat ataa ho rahaa hai