chaman mein shiddat-e-dard-e-numud se ghunche — Kaif Ahmed Siddiqui

aaj kuchh aise shoale bhaDke baarish ke har qatre se
dhuup panaahein maang rahi hai bhige hue darakhton mein

tanhaaiyon ko saunp ke taarikiyon kaa zahr
raaton ko bhaag aae ham apne makaan se

khudaa maalum kis aavaaz ke pyaase parinde
vo dekho khaamushi ki jhiil mein utre parinde

'kaif' kahaan tak tum khud ko be-daagh rakhkhoge
ab to saari duniyaa ke munh par syaahi hai

sard jazbe bujhe bujhe chehre
jism zinda hain mar gae chehre

khushi ki aarzu kyaa dil mein Thahre
tire gham ne biThaa rakkhe hain pahre

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

jab ki pahlu se yaar uThtaa hai
dard be-ikhtiyaar uThtaa hai

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

sadiyon ke baad hosh mein jo aa rahaa huun main
lagtaa hai pahle jurm ko dohraa rahaa huun main

main phir rahaa huun shahr mein saDkon pe ghaaliban
aavaaz de ke mujh ko miraa ghar pukaar le

chali samt-e-ghaib siin kyaa havaa ki chaman zuhur kaa jal gayaa
magar ek shaakh-e-nihaal-e-gham jise dil kaho so hari rahi