kuchh aisaa pyaas kaa ghalba thaa har taraf taari — Annu Rizvi

apne haathon se zahr mat diije
ye kahin zindagi na ban jaae

main to niklaa thaa charaaghon ko jalaane ke liye
log kam-zarf the daaman ko bachaa kar bhaage

yahaan gharib ko sab kuchh to de diyaa us ne
zamin bichhaae hai aur aasmaan oDhe hai

dariyaa chaDhaa to gaanv ke gaanv bahaa gayaa
utraa to kitne shahr ke naqshe banaa gayaa

kabhi to baaDh aa ke apne saath sab bahaa gai
kabhi kisaan baarishon ki raah dekhtaa rahaa

hamaare us ke darmiyaan ye kaisaa faasla rahaa
use bhi sab khabar rahi hamein bhi sab pataa rahaa

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

baat vo aadhi raat ki raat vo puure chaand ki
chaand bhi ain chait kaa us pe tiraa jamaal bhi

shikva-e-zulmat-e-shab se to kahin behtar thaa
apne hisse ki koi shama jalaate jaate

us ko sochun to dhyaan mein mere
khushbu aati hai pahli baarish ki

ye sar-ba-mohr botalein hain jo sharaab ki
raatein hain un mein band hamaari shabaab ki

raat yuun dil mein tiri khoi hui yaad aai
jaise viraane mein chupke se bahaar aa jaae