lafzon ko e'timaad kaa lahja bhi chaahiye — Mohsin Bhopali

sadaa-e-vaqt ki gar baaz-gasht san paao
mire khayaal ko tum shaairaana kah denaa

hamaari jaan pe dohraa azaab hai 'mohsin'
ki dekhnaa hi nahin ham ko sochnaa bhi hai

iblaagh ke liye na tum akhbaar dekhnaa
ho justuju to kucha-o-baazaar dekhnaa

zindagi gul hai naghma hai mahtaab hai
zindagi ko faqat imtihaan mat samajh

kyaa khabar thi hamein ye zakhm bhi khaanaa hogaa
tu nahin hogaa tiri bazm mein aanaa hogaa

is liye suntaa huun 'mohsin' har fasaana ghaur se
ik haqiqat ke bhi ban jaate hain afsaane bahut

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

ghulaami mein na kaam aati hain shamshirein na tadbirein
jo ho zauq-e-yaqin paidaa to kaT jaati hain zanjirein

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

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

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