safar rasta saubat khvaab sahraa — Khalid Karrar

phir is ke baad miri raat be-misaal hui
udhar vo shola-badan thaa idhar main paani thaa

baat ye hai ki sabhi bhaai mire dushman hain
masala ye hai ki main yusuf-e-saani bhi nahin

koi to aae sunaae naved-e-taaza mujhe
uTho ki hashr se pahle hisaab hone lagaa

sach to ye hai ki mire paas hi dirham kam hain
varna is shahr mein is darja giraani bhi nahin

kalisaa maulvi raahib pujaari
kalas minaar but mehraab sahraa

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

miri tamannaa hai ab ke tum phir milo to ji bhar ke muskuraaein
ki dekhnaa hai ye raushni kaa safar bahut der baa'd jaa kar

dimaagh un ke tajassus mein jism ghar mein rahaa
main apne ghar hi mein rahte hue safar mein rahaa

kin manzilon luTe hain mohabbat ke qaafile
insaan zamin pe aaj gharib-ul-vatan saa hai

safar mein aise kai marhale bhi aate hain
har ek moD pe kuchh log chhuT jaate hain

yuun to maujud apne ghar mein hai
aadmi mustaqil safar mein hai