har ruuh pas-e-parda-e-tartib-e-anaasir — Jamuna Parsad Rahi

ajiib aag lagaa kar koi ravaana huaa
mire makaan ko jalte hue zamaana huaa

kachchi divaarein sadaa-noshi mein kitni taaq thiin
pattharon mein chikh kar dekhaa to andaazaa huaa

kashtiyaan Duub rahi hain koi saahil laao
apni aankhein miri aankhon ke muqaabil laao

gaanv se guzregaa aur miTTi ke ghar le jaaegaa
ek din dariyaa sabhi divaar o dar le jaaegaa

sadiyon kaa intishaar fasilon mein qaid thaa
dastak ye kis ne di ki imaarat bikhar gai

lauT bhi aayaa to sadiyon ki thakan laaegaa
subh kaa bhulaa huaa shaam ko ghar aane tak

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

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

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