dam-e-visaal tiri aanch is tarah aai — Anwar Sadeed

khaak huun lekin saraapaa nuur hai meraa vajud
is zamin par chaand suraj kaa numaainda huun main

khuli zabaan to zarf un kaa ho gayaa zaahir
hazaar bhed chhupaa rakkhe the khamoshi mein

jaagti aankh se jo khvaab thaa dekhaa 'anvar'
us ki taabir mujhe dil ke jalaane se mili

pankh hilaa kar shaam gai hai is aangan se
ab utregi raat anokhi yaadon vaali

chalaa main jaanib-e-manzil to ye huaa maalum
yaqin gumaan mein gum hai gumaan hai poshida

shikva kiyaa zamaane kaa to us ne ye kahaa
jis haal mein ho zinda raho aur khush raho

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

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

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

charaag chaand shafaq shaam phuul jhiil sabaa
churaain sab ne hi kuchh kuchh shabaahatein teri

kyaa mastiyaan chaman mein hain josh-e-bahaar se
har shaakh-e-gul hai haath mein saaghar liye hue

sahraa jangal saagar parbat
in se hi rasta miltaa hai