mere andar koi taktaa rahaa rasta us kaa — Aziz Bano Darab Wafa

ahmiyat kaa mujhe apni bhi to andaaza hai
tum gae vaqt ki maanind ganvaa do mujh ko

main ne ye soch ke boe nahin khvaabon ke darakht
kaun jangal mein uge peD ko paani degaa

ek muddat se khayaalon mein basaa hai jo shakhs
ghaur karte hain to us kaa koi chehra bhi nahin

ham aise surmaa hain laD ke jab haalaat se palTe
to baDh ke zindagi ne pesh kiin baisaakhiyaan ham ko

main jab bhi us ki udaasi se uub jaaungi
to yuun hansegaa ki mujh ko udaas kar degaa

aaj kam-az-kam khvaabon hi mein mil ke pi lete hain, kal
shaayad khvaabon mein bhi khaali paimaane Takraaein log

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

jinhein ye fikr nahin sar rahe rahe na rahe
vo sach hi kahte hain jab bolne pe aate hain

gulaabon ke honTon pe lab rakh rahaa huun
use der tak sochnaa chaahtaa huun

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

be-ilm shaairon kaa gila kyaa hai ai 'munir'
hai ahl-e-ilm ko tiraa tarz-e-bayaan pasand

maango samundaron se na saahil ki bhiik tum
haan fikr o fan ke vaaste gahraai maang lo