na jaane is qadar kyuun aap divaane se Darte hain — Afsar Mahpuri

ham kahaan honge na jaane is tamaashaa-gaah mein
kis tamaashaai se pahle kis tamaashaai ke baad

kahaan thi manzil-e-maqsud apni qismat mein
kisi ki raahguzar bhi mili hai mushkil se

ham to us vaqt samajhte hain ki aati hai bahaar
dasht se jab koi jhankaar si aa jaati hai

bahaar aaegi gulshan mein to daar-o-gir bhi hogi
jahaan ahl-e-junun honge vahaan zanjir bhi hogi

ye irtiqaa-e-bashar ki hai kaun si manzil
ki is ki zad mein khudaa bhi hai kaaenaat bhi hai

daagh dil ke hain salaamat to koi baat nahin
tirgi laakh sahi subh kaa imkaan rakhnaa

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

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

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

vo kuchh muskuraanaa vo kuchh jheinp jaanaa
javaani adaaein sikhaati hain kyaa kyaa

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

khud hi jaane lage the aur khud hi
raasta rok kar khaDe hue hain