hasb-e-maa'mul ek moD pe aaj — Mehar Ali

us ek lamhe mein ai dost saath saath hain ham
vo ek lamha jo imkaan mein nahin aayaa

main nahin jaantaa kahaan huun main
in dinon khud se raabta hi nahin

ik 'umr tere saath chalaa bhi to kyaa milaa
ab sochtaa huun tujh se bichhaD kar hi dekh luun

zard se sabz hotaa jaataa hai
ik shajar intizaar se niklaa

mujh mein ab meri jagah baaqi nahin
main tiri maujudgi se bhar gayaa

anginat naqsh banaa leinge ye naqqaash magar
husn mahtaab kaa mahtaab mein rah jaaegaa

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

pyaaso raho na dasht mein baarish ke muntazir
maaro zamin pe paanv ki paani nikal paDe

is havaa mein kar rahe hain ham tiraa hi intizaar
aa kahin jaldi se saaqi shisha o saaghar samet

be-khudi le gai kahaan ham ko
der se intizaar hai apnaa

phunkaa hai kis ne gosh-e-mohabbat mein ai khudaa
afsun-e-intizaar tamannaa kahein jise

savaal karti kai aankhein muntazir hain yahaan
javaab aaj bhi ham soch kar nahin aae