raushni hain safar mein rahte hain — 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

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

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

filfil-e-khaal-e-malaahat ke tasavvur mein tire
charcharaahaT hai kabaab-e-dil-e-biryaan mein kyaa

muqaddas muskuraahaT maan ke honTon par larazti hai
kisi bachche kaa jab pahlaa sipaara khatm hotaa hai