ye bhi shaayad zindagi ki ik adaa hai dosto — Afzal Minhas

zindagi ki zulmatein apne lahu mein rach gaiin
tab kahin jaa kar hamein aankhon ki binaai mili

sath-e-dariyaa par ubharne ki tamannaa hi nahin
arsh par pahunche hue hain jab se gahraai mili

raste mein koi peD jo mil jaae to baiThun
vo baar uThaayaa hai ki dikhne lage shaane

jaane ye hiddat chaman ko raas aae yaa nahin
aag jaisi kaifiyat hai khushbuon ki lahr mein

bikharte jism le kar tund tufaanon mein baiThe hain
koi zarre ki surat hai koi Tiile ki surat hai

dil ki masjid mein kabhi paDh le tahajjud ki namaaz
phir sahar ke vaqt honTon par duaa bhi aaegi

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

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

jab ki pahlu se yaar uThtaa hai
dard be-ikhtiyaar uThtaa hai

kyaa kahun kitnaa fuzun hai tere divaane kaa dukh
ik taraf jaane kaa gham hai ik taraf aane kaa dukh

miraa hi siina kushaada hai chaahaton ke taiin
tufang-e-dard miraa hi nishaanaa chaahti hai

umr-bhar maan ki nasihat pe zamaane mein 'asad'
faatima-zehraa ke bachchon se vafaadaari ki