tah-e-aariz jo farozaan hain hazaaron shamein — Ali Sardar Jafri

inqalaab aaegaa raftaar se maayus na ho
bahut aahista nahin hai jo bahut tez nahin

sau milin zindagi se saughaatein
ham ko aavaargi hi raas aai

puraane saal ki ThiThuri hui parchhaaiyaan simTin
nae din kaa nayaa suraj ufuq par uThtaa aataa hai

daaman jhaTak ke vaadi-e-gham se guzar gayaa
uTh uTh ke dekhti rahi gard-e-safar mujhe

shikaayatein bhi bahut hain hikaayatein bhi bahut
mazaa to jab hai ki yaaron ke ru-ba-ru kahiye

ye kis ne phone pe di saal-e-nau ki tahniyat mujh ko
tamannaa raqs karti hai takhayyul gungunaataa hai

ghulaami mein na kaam aati hain shamshirein na tadbirein
jo ho zauq-e-yaqin paidaa to kaT jaati hain zanjirein

shama bujh kar rah gai parvaana jal kar rah gayaa
yaadgaar-e-husn-o-ishq ik daagh dil par rah gayaa

vo na aaegaa hamein maalum thaa is shaam bhi
intizaar us kaa magar kuchh soch kar karte rahe

maarka garm to ho lene do khun-rezi kaa
pahle shamshir ke niche hamin jaa baiTheinge

nahin vo sham-e-mohabbat rahi to phir 'aasim'
ye kis duaa se mire ghar mein raushni si hai

shahr ke aabaad sannaaTon ki vahshat dekh kar
dil ko jaane kyaa huaa main shaam se ghar aa gayaa