raah par aa hi gae aaj bhaTakne vaale — Akhtar Ansari Akbarabadi

kuchh andhere hain abhi raah mein haail 'akhtar'
apni manzil pe nazar aaegaa insaan ik roz

abhi bahaar ne sikhi kahaan hai dil-jui
hazaar daagh abhi qalb-e-laala-zaar mein hain

zulm sahte rahe shukr karte rahe aai lab tak na ye daastaan aaj tak
mujh ko hairat rahi anjuman mein tiri kyuun hain khaamosh ahl-e-zabaan aaj tak

dushmani ko buraa na kah ai dost
dekh kyaa dosti hai ghaur se dekh

ajiib bhul-bhulayyaan hai shaahraah-e-hayat
bhaTakne vaale yahaan justuju ki baat na kar

bachaa bachaa ke guzarnaa hai daaman-e-hasti
sharik-e-khaar bhi kuchh jashn-e-nau-bahaar mein hain

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

miri tamannaa hai ab ke tum phir milo to ji bhar ke muskuraaein
ki dekhnaa hai ye raushni kaa safar bahut der baa'd jaa kar

yaad aai hai to phir TuuT ke yaad aai hai
koi guzri hui manzil koi bhuli hui dost

safar mein aise kai marhale bhi aate hain
har ek moD pe kuchh log chhuT jaate hain

yuun to maujud apne ghar mein hai
aadmi mustaqil safar mein hai

kin manzilon luTe hain mohabbat ke qaafile
insaan zamin pe aaj gharib-ul-vatan saa hai