duur mujh se rahte hain saare gham zamaane ke — Ateeq Anzar

use dekhne ki thi aarzu mujhe us ki thi baDi justuju
magar us ke aariz-e-naaz pe miri har nigaah phisal gai

shaam ke dhundlakon mein Dubtaa hai yuun suraj
jaise aarzu koi mere dil mein marti hai

bichhaDte vaqt anaa darmiyaan thi varna
manaanaa donon ne ik dusre ko chaahaa thaa

gaanv ke parinde tum ko kyaa pataa bideson mein
raat ham akelon ki kis tarah guzarti hai

gham ki band muTThi mein ret saa miraa jivan
jab zaraa kasi muTThi zindagi bikharti hai

kisi ne bhejaa hai khat pyaar aur vafaa likh kar
qalam se kaam diyaa hai mujhe khudaa likh kar

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

jab ki pahlu se yaar uThtaa hai
dard be-ikhtiyaar uThtaa hai

ye aansu ponchh lijiye aur muskuraaiye
chaara nahin hai koi bhi rukhsat kiye baghair

yakka ulaT ke rah gayaa ghoDaa bhaDak gayaa
kaali saDak pe chaand saa chehra chamak gayaa

aadhi se ziyaada shab-e-gham kaaT chukaa huun
ab bhi agar aa jaao to ye raat baDi hai

go mujhe ehsaas-e-tanhaai rahaa shiddat ke saath
kaaT di aadhi sadi ek ajnabi aurat ke saath