aasmaan ahl-e-zamin se kyaa kudurat-naak thaa — 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

shaahraahein dafatan shoale ugalne lag gaiin
ghar ki jaanib chal paDaa hai shahr gheraa kar tamaam

gham hai na ab khushi hai na ummid hai na yaas
sab se najaat paae zamaane guzar gae

zamaana mujh se judaa ho gayaa zamaana huaa
rahaa hai ab to bichhaDne ko mujh se tu baaqi

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

hasin khvaab ko sachchaa samajh rahaa hai koi
faqat gumaan ko duniyaa samajh rahaa hai koi