be-sabab 'raaghib' taDap uThtaa hai dil — Iftikhar Raghib

inkaar hi kar dijiye iqraar nahin to
uljhan hi mein mar jaaegaa bimaar nahin to

'raaghib' vo meri fikr mein khud ko bhi bhuul jaaein
aisi to koi baat nahin chaahtaa thaa main

ji chaahtaa hai jiinaa jazbaat ke mutaabiq
haalaat kar rahe hain haalaat ke mutaabiq

din mein aane lage hain khvaab mujhe
us ne bhejaa hai ik gulaab mujhe

le jaae jahaan chaahe havaa ham ko uDaa kar
TuuTe hue patton ki hikaayat hi alag hai

paDhtaa rahtaa huun aap kaa chehra
achchhi lagti hai ye kitaab mujhe

main baDaa ho gayaa huun magar bachpanaa
mere dil se kabhi bhi gayaa hi nahin

'saif' andaaz-e-bayaan rang badal detaa hai
varna duniyaa mein koi baat nai baat nahin

jab bhi aql banaati hai pahlaa misraa
dil ko misra-e-saani honaa paDtaa hai

pahli nazar bhi aap ki uff kis balaa ki thi
ham aaj tak vo choT hain dil par liye hue

dil ki haalat se khabar deti hai
'asar' aashufta-bayaani meri

surat chhupaaiye kisi surat-parast se
ham dil mein naqsh aap ki tasvir kar chuke