jaane kyaa surat-e-haalaat raqam thi us mein — Abul Hasanat Haqqi

apne manzar se alag hotaa nahin hai koi rang
apni aankhon ke sivaa baad-e-bahaari aur kyaa

badan khud apni hi tajsim kar nahin paate
qarib aayaa to aankhon ko khvaab main ne diyaa

main apne zahr se vaaqif huun vo samajhtaa nahin
hai mere kisa-e-sad-kaam mein sharaafat bhi

vo mehrbaan nahin hai to phir khafaa hogaa
koi to raabta us ko bahaal rakhnaa hai

ye sach hai us se bichhaD kar mujhe zamaana huaa
magar vo lauTnaa chaahe to phir zamaana bhi kyaa

duur rahtaa hai magar jumbish-e-lab bos-o-kanaar
Dubtaa rahtaa hai dariyaa mein kinaaraa kyaa kyaa

kyon tasavvur mein ji rahaa huun main
jab haqiqat mein mar hi jaanaa hai

shaahraahein dafatan shoale ugalne lag gaiin
ghar ki jaanib chal paDaa hai shahr gheraa kar tamaam

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

ijz-o-niyaaz apnaa apni taraf hai saaraa
is musht-e-khaak ko ham masjud jaante hain

na jaane us ne khule aasmaan mein kyaa dekhaa
parinda phir se jahaan-e-qafas mein lauT aayaa

vahaan hamaaraa koi muntazir nahin phir bhi
hamein na rok ki ghar jaanaa chaahte hain ham