yahaan pe dasht o samundar ki baat mat karnaa — Kaleem Haider Sharar

ab is ko zindagi kahiye ki ahd-e-be-hisi kahiye
gharon mein log rote hain magar raston pe hanste hain

kai logon ne phalte phulte peDon se jaanaa hai
magar main ne tujhe sabze ki uryaani se pahchaanaa

siskiyaan bhar ke 'sharar' kaun vahaan rotaa thaa
khema-e-khvaab sar-e-shaam jahaan par TuuTaa

apne darvaaze pe baiThaa sochtaa rahtaa huun main
meraa ghar ajdaad ki baara-dari kaa karb hai

haqiqat hai ise maanein na maanein ghaTti baDhti hain
vo jhuTi hon ki sachchi daastaanein ghaTti baDhti hain

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

tumhein fursat ho duniyaa se to ham se aa ke milnaa
hamaare paas fursat ke sivaa kyaa rah gayaa hai

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

zamaana mujh se judaa ho gayaa zamaana huaa
rahaa hai ab to bichhaDne ko mujh se tu baaqi

vo na aaegaa hamein maalum thaa is shaam bhi
intizaar us kaa magar kuchh soch kar karte rahe

maarka garm to ho lene do khun-rezi kaa
pahle shamshir ke niche hamin jaa baiTheinge