usi se mujh ko milaa ishtiyaaq manzil kaa — Ehteram Islam

ahl-e-duniyaa se mujhe to koi andesha na thaa
naam teraa kis liye mire labon par jam gayaa

laDkhaDaa kar gir paDi unchi imaarat dafatan
dafatan taamir ki kursi pe khanDar jam gayaa

saath rakhiye kaam aaegaa bahut naam-e-khudaa
khauf gar jaagaa to phir kis ko sadaa di jaaegi

is baar bhi shoalon ne machaa Daali tabaahi
is baar bhi shoalon ko havaa di gai shaayad

yaad thaa 'suqraat' kaa qissa sabhi ko 'ehtiraam'
sochiye aise mein baDh kar sach ko sach kahtaa to kaun

tauqir andheron ki baDhaa di gai shaayad
ik shama jo raushan thi bujhaa di gai shaayad

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

miri tamannaa hai ab ke tum phir milo to ji bhar ke muskuraaein
ki dekhnaa hai ye raushni kaa safar bahut der baa'd jaa kar

yuun to maujud apne ghar mein hai
aadmi mustaqil safar mein hai

safar mein aise kai marhale bhi aate hain
har ek moD pe kuchh log chhuT jaate hain

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

kin manzilon luTe hain mohabbat ke qaafile
insaan zamin pe aaj gharib-ul-vatan saa hai