muddaton baa'd mayassar huaa maan kaa aanchal — Iqbal Ashhar

vo kisi ko yaad kar ke muskuraayaa thaa udhar
aur main naadaan ye samjhaa ki vo meraa huaa

aaj phir niind ko aankhon se bichhaDte dekhaa
aaj phir yaad koi choT puraani aai

na jaane kitne charaaghon ko mil gai shohrat
ik aaftaab ke be-vaqt Duub jaane se

'azim log the TuuTe to ik vaqaar ke saath
kisi se kuchh na kahaa bas udaas rahne lage

le gaiin duur bahut duur havaaein jis ko
vahi baadal thaa miri pyaas bujhaane vaalaa

suno samundar ki shokh lahro havaaein Thahri hain tum bhi Thahro
vo duur saahil pe ek bachcha abhi gharaunde banaa rahaa hai

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

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

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

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

na jaane us ne khule aasmaan mein kyaa dekhaa
parinda phir se jahaan-e-qafas mein lauT aayaa