roke se kahin haadsa-e-vaqt rukaa hai — Ali Ahmad Jalili

ham ne dekhaa hai zamaane kaa badalnaa lekin
un ke badle hue tevar nahin dekhe jaate

laai hai kis maqaam pe ye zindagi mujhe
mahsus ho rahi hai khud apni kami mujhe

nasheman hi ke luT jaane kaa gham hotaa to kyaa gham thaa
yahaan to bechne vaale ne gulshan bech Daalaa hai

kyaa isi vaaste sinchaa thaa lahu se apne
jab sanvar jaae chaman aag lagaa di jaae

us shajar ke saae mein baiThaa huun main
jis ki shaakhon par koi pattaa nahin

gham se mansub karun dard kaa rishta de duun
zindagi aa tujhe jiine kaa saliqa de duun

jhaankte raat ke garebaan se
ham ne sau aaftaab dekhe hain

shor din ko nahin sone detaa
shab ko sannaaTaa jagaa detaa hai

raushni ho rahi hai kuchh mahsus
kyaa shab aakhir tamaam ko pahunchi

aadhi se ziyaada shab-e-gham kaaT chukaa huun
ab bhi agar aa jaao to ye raat baDi hai

divaangi meri ke tahayyur mein shab-o-roz
hai halqa-e-zanjir se zindaan hama-tan-chashm

ji DhunDtaa hai phir vahi fursat ki raat din
baiThe rahein tasavvur-e-jaanaan kiye hue