andheraa shahr mein be-khauf raqs kartaa rahaa — Dinesh Kumar

dekho to kaam ek bhi ham ne kahaan kiyaa
puchho to ek pal ki bhi fursat nahin rahi

dekho darakht kaaTne se pahle ek baar
in sabz Tahniyon pe koi ghonsla na ho

mujh ko saphaltaa baiThe biThaae nahin mili
main ne guhar talaashe hain dariyaa khangaal kar

maraasim barf mein dabne na paaein
qarib aao december aa rahaa hai

kar ke taarif vo miri jhuTi
zahr dhimaa chaTaa gayaa hai mujhe

shaairi naam tasavvur mein chhalakti mai kaa
mar hi jaate jo na piine ki ijaazat hoti

bil-aakhir thak haar ke yaaro ham ne bhi taslim kiyaa
apni zaat se ishq hai sachchaa baaqi sab afsaane hain

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

dekhe na mujhe kyunkar az-chashm-e-hiqaarat-u
vo sarv-e-javaan yaaro man-faakhta-e-piram

yaad aai hai to phir TuuT ke yaad aai hai
koi guzri hui manzil koi bhuli hui dost

baat karnaa pyaar ki aasaan se aasaan hai
ishq karnaa karte rahnaa hai kaThin se bhi kaThin

khudaa ke haath mein mat saunp saare kaamon ko
badalte vaqt pe kuchh apnaa ikhtiyaar bhi rakh