vafaa nigaah ki taalib hai imtihaan ki nahin — Arif Abdul Mateen

kabhi khayaal ke rishton ko bhi TaTol ke dekh
main tujh se duur sahi tujh se kuchh judaa bhi nahin

chaand mere ghar mein utraa thaa kahin Duubaa na thaa
ai mire suraj abhi aanaa tiraa achchhaa na thaa

hamin ne raaston ki khaak chhaani
hamin aae hain tere paas chal ke

zaat kaa aaina jab dekhaa to hairaani hui
main na thaa goyaa koi mujh saa thaa mere ru-ba-ru

thaa e'timaad-e-husn se tu is qadar tahi
aaina dekhne kaa tujhe hausla na thaa

titliyaan rangon kaa mahshar hain kabhi sochaa na thaa
un ko chhune par khulaa vo raaz jo khultaa na thaa!

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

ret par ik nishaan hai shaayad
ye hamaaraa makaan hai shaayad

aasmaan jhaank rahaa hai 'khaalid'
chaand kamre mein mire utraa hai

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

ghulaami mein na kaam aati hain shamshirein na tadbirein
jo ho zauq-e-yaqin paidaa to kaT jaati hain zanjirein

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