usi ki shakl mujhe chaand mein nazar aae — Ghulam Mohammad Qasir

baghair us ke ab aaraam bhi nahin aataa
vo shakhs jis kaa mujhe naam bhi nahin aataa

pyaar gayaa to kaise milte rang se rang aur khvaab se khvaab
ek mukammal ghar ke andar har tasvir adhuri thi

is tarah qaht-e-havaa ki zad mein hai meraa vajud
aandhiyaan pahchaan leti hain ba-aasaani mujhe

saayon ki zad mein aa gaiin saari ghulaam-gardishein
ab to kaniz ke liye raah-e-faraar bhi nahin

aayaa hai ik raah-numaa ke istiqbaal ko ik bachcha
peT hai khaali aankh mein hasrat haathon mein gul-dasta hai

pahle ik shakhs meri zaat banaa
aur phir puuri kaaenaat banaa

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

ret par ik nishaan hai shaayad
ye hamaaraa makaan hai shaayad

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

aasmaan jhaank rahaa hai 'khaalid'
chaand kamre mein mire utraa hai

ghulaami mein na kaam aati hain shamshirein na tadbirein
jo ho zauq-e-yaqin paidaa to kaT jaati hain zanjirein

zamaana mujh se judaa ho gayaa zamaana huaa
rahaa hai ab to bichhaDne ko mujh se tu baaqi