haath kaanTon se kar liye zakhmi — Ada Jafarey

bas ek baar manaayaa thaa jashn-e-mahrumi
phir us ke baad koi ibtilaa nahin aai

na bahlaavaa na samjhautaa judaai si judaai hai
'adaa' socho to khushbu kaa safar aasaan nahin hotaa

main aandhiyon ke paas talaash-e-sabaa mein huun
tum mujh se puchhte ho miraa hausla hai kyaa

hamaare shahr ke logon kaa ab ahvaal itnaa hai
kabhi akhbaar paDh lenaa kabhi akhbaar ho jaanaa

agar sach itnaa zaalim hai to ham se jhuuT hi bolo
hamein aataa hai patjhaD ke dinon gul-baar ho jaanaa

varna insaan mar gayaa hotaa
koi be-naam justuju hai abhi

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

kahaan milegi misaal meri sitamgari ki
ki main gulaabon ke zakhm kaanTon se si rahaa huun

main tujh se saath bhi to umar bhar kaa chaahtaa thaa
so ab tujh se gilaa bhi umar bhar kaa ho gayaa hai

mohabbat phuul banne par lagi thi
palaT kar phir kali kar li hai main ne

sote mein vo jo mujh se ham-aaghosh ho gae
jitne gile the khvaab-e-faraamosh ho gae

dil ko apne kyaa kisi kaa ghar kahun
aaj khalvat-khaana kal baazaar hai