ab jis taraf se chaahe guzar jaae kaarvaan — Kaifi Azmi

ik khvaab khushi kaa dekhaa nahin dekhaa jo kabhi to bhuul gae
maangaa huaa tum kuchh de na sake jo tum ne diyaa vo sahne do

divaarein to har taraf khaDi hain
kyaa ho gae mehrbaan saae

uThaa ke sar mujhe itnaa to dekh lene de
ki qatl-gaah mein divaane aae hain kyaa kyaa

jangal ki havaaein aa rahi hain
kaaghaz kaa ye shahr uD na jaae

ab aage jo bhi ho anjaam dekhaa jaaegaa
khudaa talaash liyaa aur bandagi kar li

ghurbat ki ThanDi chhaanv mein yaad aai us ki dhuup
qadr-e-vatan hui hamein tark-e-vatan ke baad

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

dil ki taklif kam nahin karte
ab koi shikva ham nahin karte

ashk Dhalte nahin dekhe jaate
dil pighalte nahin dekhe jaate

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

dil ko apne kyaa kisi kaa ghar kahun
aaj khalvat-khaana kal baazaar hai