mire khulus kaa yaaron ne aasraa le kar — Haneef Kaifi

anaa anaa ke muqaabil hai raah kaise khule
taalluqaat mein haail hai baat ki divaar

shab-e-daraaz kaa hai qissa mukhtasar 'kaifi'
hui sahar ke ujaalon mein gum charaagh ki lau

bikhar ke ret hue hain vo khvaab dekhe hain
miri nigaah ne kitne saraab dekhe hain

koi bhi rut ho mili hai dukhon ki fasl hamein
jo mausam aayaa hai us ke itaab dekhe hain

sab nazar aate hain chehre gard gard
kyaa hue be-aab aaine tamaam

apni jaanib nahin ab lauTnaa mumkin meraa
Dhal gayaa huun main saraapaa tire aaine mein

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

kaabe ko jaataa kis liye hindostaan se main
kis but mein shahr-e-hind ke shaan-e-khudaa na thi

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

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

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

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