umidein baandh rakkhi hain tire lutf-o-karam se — Iftikhar Haidar

miir ke kuchh ashaar milaa kar raashid ki kuchh nazmon mein
vahshat ki aamezish kar ke ik uslub banaanaa hai

siiTi ki aavaaz suni aur saaraa maazi lauT aayaa
pas-manzar mein rail nahin hai puuraa ek afsaana hai

jitni fursat hai zindagi mein nasib
utni fursat mein main se tu ho jaa

tire baghair guzaaraa nahin kisi surat
use ye baat bataane se baat bigDi hai

shaam hote hi tere hijr kaa dukh
dil mein khema lagaa ke baiTh gayaa

bijli gai to vo bhi hamaare makaan ki
bijli giri to vo bhi hamaare makaan par

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

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

tumhein fursat ho duniyaa se to ham se aa ke milnaa
hamaare paas fursat ke sivaa kyaa rah gayaa hai

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

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