naara-e-daar-o-rasan haadisa-e-kaun-o-makaan — Kaleem Ahmadabadi

chheDti hai mujhe aa aa ke miri aazaadi
go main qaidi huun mire paanv mein zanjir bhi hai

jaane kyaa bhar di hain us ne is chaman mein shokhiyaan
jo bhi aayaa vo chaman kaa raaz-daan bantaa gayaa

tumhin bataao ki is dil kaa kyaa kiyaa jaae
jo choT khaa ke bhi choTon se aashnaa na huaa

sitaare toD liye ham ne zuhd-o-taqvaa ke
magar jo haqq-e-ibaadat thaa vo adaa na huaa

ham to baiThe hi rahe apni asiri ko liye
banne vaalaa kaam be-vahm-o-gumaan bantaa gayaa

gham natija hai khushi ki intihaa kaa ai 'kalim'
dil ki ik ik mauj mauj-e-shaadmaani ho to kyaa

mere khvaabon ke jharokon ko sajaate rahiye
na sahi vasl magar yaad to aate rahiye

hamaaraa ishq ravaan hai rukaavaTon mein 'zafar'
ye khvaab hai kisi divaar se nahin ruktaa

ye san kar meri nindein uD gai hain
koi meraa bhi sapnaa dekhtaa hai

par katar paai jab na khvaabon ke
band hi kar diin khiDkiyaan main ne

khvaab Thahre the to aankhein bhigne se bach gaiin
varna chehre par to gham ki baarishon kaa aks hai

andheri shab kaa ye khvaab-manzar mujhe ujaalon se bhar rahaa hai
to raat itni tavil kar de ki taa-qayaamat sahar na aae