khvaabon ki tijaarat mein yahi ek kami hai — Midhat

ham ko usi dayaar ki miTTi hui aziiz
naqshe mein jis kaa naam-pata ab nahin rahaa

laai hai kahaan mujh ko tabiat ki do-rangi
duniyaa kaa talabgaar bhi duniyaa se khafaa bhi

tu samajhtaa hai mujhe harf-e-mukarrar lekin
main sahifa huun tire dil pe utarne vaalaa

jism us ki god mein ho ruuh tere ru-ba-ru
faahisha ke garm bistar par riyaa-kaari karun

aankhein hain magar khvaab se mahrum hain 'midhat'
tasvir kaa rishta nahin rangon se zaraa bhi

jaane vaale mujhe kuchh apni nishaani de jaa
ruuh pyaasi na rahe aankh mein paani de jaa

ret par ik nishaan hai shaayad
ye hamaaraa makaan hai shaayad

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

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

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

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

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