subh tak jaane kahaan mujh ko uDaa kar le jaae — Mustafa Shahab

aisaa bhi kabhi ho main jise khvaab mein dekhun
jaagun to vahi khvaab ki taabir bataae

zehn mein yaad ke ghar TuTne lagte hain 'shahaab'
log ho jaate hain ji ji ke puraane kitne

ham mein aur parindon mein farq sirf itnaa hai
dast-o-paa mile ham ko baal-o-par parindon ko

bikhraa bikhraa saa saaz-o-saamaan hai
ham kahin dil kahin aqida kahin

shaayad vo bhuli-bisri na ho aarzu koi
kuchh aur bhi kami si hai teri kami ke saath

kahaa thaa main ne kho kar bhi tujhe zinda rahungaa
vo aisaa jhuuT thaa jis ko nibhaanaa paD gayaa hai

aati hai yaad subh-e-masarrat ki baar baar
khurshid aate aate use kal uThaa to laa

ham siin maston ko bas hai teri nigaah
subh uTh kar khumaar ki khaatir

roza rakhtaa huun subuhi pi ke hangaam-e-sahar
shaam ko masjid mein hotaa huun jamaaat kaa sharik

ik ham ki ham ko subh se hai shaam ki khushi
ik tum ki tum ko shaam kaa dhaDkaa sahar se hai

shab-e-daraaz kaa hai qissa mukhtasar 'kaifi'
hui sahar ke ujaalon mein gum charaagh ki lau

saugand hai hasrat mujhe ejaaz-e-sukhan ki
ye sehr hain jaadu hain na ashaar hain tere