vo safar thaa use paane ke liye — Moid Rasheedi

itnaa aasaan nahin lafzon ko ghazal kar lenaa
shor ko sher banaane mein jigar lagtaa hai

bichhaDte vaqt kahnaa thaa bahut kuchh
main kyaa kahtaa judaa hone se pahle

ab eatibaar nahin meri jaan kisi kaa nahin
charaagh sab ke liye hai dhuaan kisi kaa nahin

mujh ko paane ki tamanna mein vo gharqaab huaa
main ne saahil ki tamanna mein use khoyaa hai

bichhaD gai thi vahi shai jo meri thi hi nahin
jo mere the hi nahin vo judaa hue bhi to kyaa

havas ki dhuup mein phailaa hai shor-e-khalq-e-khudaa
sunaa kisi ne nahin bastiyon mein girya-e-khaak

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

kin manzilon luTe hain mohabbat ke qaafile
insaan zamin pe aaj gharib-ul-vatan saa hai

yaad aai hai to phir TuuT ke yaad aai hai
koi guzri hui manzil koi bhuli hui dost

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