ai aasmaan harf ko phir eatibaar de — Anjum Barabankvi

ghair to aansu pochheinge
dhokaa deinge apne log

ye baadshaah nahin hai faqir hai suraj
hamesha raat ki jholi se din nikaaltaa hai

mujhe sone ki qimat mat bataao
main miTTi huun miri azmat bahut hai

jo doston ki mohabbat se ji nahin bhartaa
to aastin mein do-chaar saanp paal ke rakh

jis baat kaa matlab khushbu hai har gaanv ke kachche raste par
us baat kaa matlab badlegaa jab pakki saDak aa jaaegi

zaraa mahfuz raston se guzarnaa
tumhaari shahr mein shohrat bahut hai

ret par ik nishaan hai shaayad
ye hamaaraa makaan hai shaayad

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

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

kaho kyaa mehrbaan naa-mehrbaan taqdir hoti hai
kahaa maan ki duaaon mein baDi taasir hoti hai

zamaana mujh se judaa ho gayaa zamaana huaa
rahaa hai ab to bichhaDne ko mujh se tu baaqi

pyaaso raho na dasht mein baarish ke muntazir
maaro zamin pe paanv ki paani nikal paDe