kuchh aisi be-yaqini thi fazaa mein — Amjad Islam Amjad

kamaal-e-husn hai husn-e-kamaal se baahar
azal kaa rang hai jaise misaal se baahar

tiir aayaa thaa jidhar ye mire shahr ke log
kitne saadaa hain ki marham bhi vahin dekhte hain

vo saamne hai phir bhi dikhaai na de sake
mere aur us ke beach ye divaar kaun hai

jis taraf tu hai udhar hongi sabhi ki nazrein
iid ke chaand kaa didaar bahaana hi sahi

tumhi ne kaun si achchhaai ki hai
chalo maanaa ki main achchhaa nahin thaa

be-samar peDon ko chumeinge sabaa ke sabz lab
dekh lenaa ye khizaan be-dast-o-paa rah jaaegi

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

uThaa hi laayaa sabhi raaste vo kaandhon par
yaqin us pe na kartaa to main kidhar jaataa

sab ummidein mire aashob-e-tamannaa tak thiin
bastiyaan ho gaiin gharqaab to dariyaa utraa

insaan ki niyyat kaa bharosa nahin koi
milte ho to is baat ko imkaan mein rakhnaa

bahut ummid thi manzil pe jaa kar chain paaeinge
magar manzil pe jab pahunche to nazm-e-kaarvaan badlaa

tamaam shahr mein aisaa nahin khulus na ho
jahaan umiid ho is ki vahaan nahin miltaa