ye kaun nikal aayaa yahaan sair-e-chaman ko — Anjum Khaleeq

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

kaisaa firaaq kaisi judaai kahaan kaa hijr
vo jaaegaa agar to khayaalon mein aaegaa

zabaan-bandi ke mausam mein gali-kuchon ki mat puchho
parindon ke chahakne se shajar aabaad hote hain

zamin ki god mein itnaa sukun thaa 'anjum'
ki jo gayaa vo safar ki thakaan bhuul gayaa

allaah ke ghar der hai andher nahin hai
tu yaas ke mausam mein bhi ummid kaa fan siikh

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

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

kahaan milegi misaal meri sitamgari ki
ki main gulaabon ke zakhm kaanTon se si rahaa huun

main tujh se saath bhi to umar bhar kaa chaahtaa thaa
so ab tujh se gilaa bhi umar bhar kaa ho gayaa hai

nami utar gai dharti mein tah-ba-tah 'aslam'
bahaar-e-ashk nai rut ki ibtidaa mein hai

hai eid kaa din aaj to lag jaao gale se
jaate ho kahaan jaan miri aa ke muqaabil

chaman ko aag lagaave hai baaghbaan har roz
nayaa banaaun huun main apnaa aashiyaan har roz