ham-nafas khvaab-e-junun ki koi taabir na dekh — Abdul Mateen Niyaz

be-rukhi dekh ab zamaane ki
muddaaa kyuun zabaan se niklaa

dil ne har daur mein duniyaa se baghaavat ki hai
dil se tum rasm-o-rivaayaat ki baatein na karo

logon ko apni fikr hai lekin mujhe nadim
bazm-e-hayaat-o-nazm-e-gulistaan ki fikr hai

vaqt mohlat na degaa phir tum ko
tiir jis dam kamaan se niklaa

kitne be-nur hain ye hangaame
main bhare shahr mein bhi huun tanhaa

intishaar-o-khauf har ik sar mein hai
aafiyat se kaun apne ghar mein hai

mere khvaabon ke jharokon ko sajaate rahiye
na sahi vasl magar yaad to aate rahiye

afsos umr kaT gai ranj-o-malaal mein
dekhaa na khvaab mein bhi jo kuchh thaa khayaal mein

balaa-e-jaan thi jo bazm-e-tamaashaa chhoD di main ne
khushaa ai zindagi khvaabon ki duniyaa chhoD di main ne

hasin khvaab ko sachchaa samajh rahaa hai koi
faqat gumaan ko duniyaa samajh rahaa hai koi

aankh kaa e'tibaar kyaa karte
jo bhi dekhaa vo khvaab mein dekhaa

koi baat khvaab-o-khayaal ki jo karo to vaqt kaTegaa ab
hamein mausamon ke mizaaj par koi e'tibaar kahaan rahaa