'alvi' khvaahish bhi thi baanjh — Mohammad Alvi

donon ke dil mein khauf thaa maidaan-e-jang mein
donon kaa khauf faasla thaa darmiyaan kaa

yakka ulaT ke rah gayaa ghoDaa bhaDak gayaa
kaali saDak pe chaand saa chehra chamak gayaa

kamre mein maze ki raushni ho
achchhi si koi kitaab dekhun

aur baazaar se kyaa le jaaun
pahli baarish kaa mazaa le jaaun

bulaa rahaa thaa koi chikh chikh kar mujh ko
kuein mein jhaank ke dekhaa to main hi andar thaa

nayaa saal divaar par Taang de
puraane baras kaa calendar giraa

zindagi phaili hui thi shaam-e-hijraan ki tarah
kis ko itnaa hausla thaa kaun ji kar dekhtaa

gham-e-aarzu kaa 'hasrat' sabab aur kyaa bataaun
miri himmaton ki pasti mire shauq ki bulandi

shaa'iri kyaa hai miri jaan tujhe maa'lum nahin
ek tohmat hai jo mujh par bhi lagaa di gai hai

ye pyaar kaa jazba tire kuchh kaam to aae
meraa nahin bantaa hai to ban aur kisi kaa

de hausle ki daad ki ham tere gham mein aaj
baiThe hain mahfilon ko sajaae tire baghair

vo utar gae the jo paar khud mujhe biich bahr mein chhoD kar
thaa jo un mein itnaa hi hausla mujhe Dubtaa bhi to dekhte