khel rachaa kar shahr ujaaDein kaTh-putli ke saath — Kamran Nafees

dikhaai bhi nahin degi badan gharqaab kar ke
miyaan-e-vasl ik chaalaak khaak uDti rahegi

kal dopahar ko saath rahaa thaa vo der tak
phir us ke baa'd shaam rahi shaam hi rahi

hamaare chaak-e-garebaan kaa taar thaa ye kabhi
ye jis pharere ko nikle hain aap lahraane

ek hi dar thaa gali mein vo bhi darvaaza huaa
jab se har aavaaz par be-kaar mein khulne lagaa

vo ik aavaaz thi manzil nahin thi
magar main us ki jaanib chal paDaa thaa

dil dhaDakne kaa sabab zindagi ho sakti hai
ye zaruri to nahin hai ki tiri yaad hi ho

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

ret par ik nishaan hai shaayad
ye hamaaraa makaan hai shaayad

aasmaan jhaank rahaa hai 'khaalid'
chaand kamre mein mire utraa hai

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

kaho kyaa mehrbaan naa-mehrbaan taqdir hoti hai
kahaa maan ki duaaon mein baDi taasir hoti hai

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