aaj sochaa hai jaagungaa main raat mein — Farooq Shafaq

zehn ki aavaargi ko bhi panaahein chaahiye
yuun na shamon ko kisi dahliz par rakh kar bujhaa

din kisi tarah se kaT jaaegaa saDkon pe 'shafaq'
shaam phir aaegi ham shaam se ghabraaeinge

sunaa hai har ghaDi tu muskuraataa rahtaa hai
mujhe bhi jazb zaraa kar ke jism-o-jaan mein milaa

shahr mein jiinaa hai chalnaa do-rukhi talvaar par
aadmi kis se bache kis ki taraf-daari kare

apni laghzish ko to ilzaam na degaa koi
log thak-haar ke mujrim hamein Thahraaeinge

hone vaalaa thaa ik haadsa rah gayaa
kal kaa sab se baDaa vaaqia rah gayaa

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

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

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

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

bagulaa jin ke sar par chatr-e-shaahi hai zamin masnad
vahi aqlim-e-gham mein aah ki naubat bajaate hain

qulzum-e-fikr mein hai kashti-e-imaan saalim
naa-khudaa husn hai aur ishq hai langar apnaa