mujh ko vaisaa khudaa milaa bilkul — Arif Shafiq

jab koi ahm faisla karnaa
apne bachchon se mashvara karnaa

yaqin ab ho gayaa main sach huun 'aarif
jabhi duniyaa mujhe jhuTlaa rahi hai

gharib-e-shahr to faaqe se mar gayaa 'aarif'
amir-e-shahr ne hiire se khud-kushi kar li

andhe adam vajud ke girdaab se nikal
ye zindagi bhi khvaab hai tu khvaab se nikal

'aarif vo faisle ki ghaDi bhi 'ajib thi
dil ko sanbhaalnaa paDaa mizaan ki tarah

mujhe khudaa ne vo bakhshaa hai shaa'iri kaa hunar
jo khvaab dekhtaa huun vo dikhaa bhi saktaa huun

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

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

tumhein fursat ho duniyaa se to ham se aa ke milnaa
hamaare paas fursat ke sivaa kyaa rah gayaa hai

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

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

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