kab se maang rahe hain tum se — Afeef Siraj

sahraa mein base sab divaane shahron mein bhi mahshar hai barpaa
allaah tiri is khilqat se baaqi na rahaa viraana tak

is qadar naaz na kiije ki buzurgon ne bahut
baarhaa bazm-e-khud-aaraai sajaai hui hai

rah gayaa dard dil ke pahlu mein
ye jo ulfat thi dard-e-sar na hui

kaisi hain aazmaaishein kaisaa ye imtihaan hai
mere junun ke vaaste hijr ki ek raat bas

is qadar Duube gunaah-e-ishq mein tere habib
sochte hain jaaeinge kis munh se tauba ki taraf

kuchh khud mein kashish paidaa kar lo ki mahfil tum se aankh bhare
ye chaal baDe ayyaar ki hai ye chaal na khaali jaaegi

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

ret par ik nishaan hai shaayad
ye hamaaraa makaan hai shaayad

kaho kyaa mehrbaan naa-mehrbaan taqdir hoti hai
kahaa maan ki duaaon mein baDi taasir hoti hai

gham hai na ab khushi hai na ummid hai na yaas
sab se najaat paae zamaane guzar gae

pyaaso raho na dasht mein baarish ke muntazir
maaro zamin pe paanv ki paani nikal paDe

zamaana mujh se judaa ho gayaa zamaana huaa
rahaa hai ab to bichhaDne ko mujh se tu baaqi