kidhar qafas thaa kahaan ham the kis taraf ye qaid — Qalaq Merathi

naala kartaa huun log sunte hain
aap se meraa kuchh kalaam nahin

amn aur tere ahd mein zaalim
kis tarah khaak-e-rahguzar baiThe

har sang mein kaabe ke nihaan ishva-e-but hai
kyaa baani-e-islaam bhi ghaarat-gar-e-din thaa

ham us kuche mein uThne ke liye baiThe hain muddat se
magar kuchh kuchh sahaaraa hai abhi be-dast-o-paai kaa

be-takalluf maqaam-e-ulfat hai
daagh uTThe ki aabla baiThe

tu hai harjaai to apnaa bhi yahi taur sahi
tu nahin aur sahi aur nahin aur sahi

mere khvaabon ke jharokon ko sajaate rahiye
na sahi vasl magar yaad to aate rahiye

sab ko ham bhuul gae josh-e-junun mein lekin
ik tiri yaad thi aisi jo bhulaai na gai

kaise tanhaa raat kaTegi
yaadon ki gaThri hi kholein

manzar-e-sarv-o-saman yaad aayaa
phir se gum-gashta vatan yaad aayaa

zamaana dost hai kis kis ko yaad rakkhoge
khudaa kare ki tumhein mujh se dushmani ho jaae

mujhe to is darja vaqt-e-rukhsat sukun ki talqin kar rahe ho
magar kuchh apne liye bhi sochaa main yaad aayaa to kyaa karoge