o aankh churaa ke jaane vaale — Jaleel Manikpuri

tazkira soz-e-mohabbat kaa kiyaa thaa ik baar
taa-dam-e-marg zabaan se miri chhaale na gae

vo haath un ke chumti hai main huun paaemaal
ye hain mire nasib vo qismat hinaa ki hai

pesh-khema hain qayaamat kaa yahi do fitne
baaDh par qad hai taraqqi pe hai jauban teraa

be-hijaabi jo sahi hai tiri shokh aankhon ki
rasm parde ki uThegi isi ghar se pahle

sitam hai sitam kaaba-e-dil kaa Dhaanaa
ye kyaa kar rahe ho ye kyaa ho rahaa hai

sote mein vo jo mujh se ham-aaghosh ho gae
jitne gile the khvaab-e-faraamosh ho gae

kyon tasavvur mein ji rahaa huun main
jab haqiqat mein mar hi jaanaa hai

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

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

ijz-o-niyaaz apnaa apni taraf hai saaraa
is musht-e-khaak ko ham masjud jaante hain

ruuh kis mast ki pyaasi gai mai-khaane se
mai uDi jaati hai saaqi tire paimaane se

tilaai rang jaanaan kaa agar mazmun likhun khat mein
to haala gird harfon ke bane sone ke paani kaa