mere maathe pe ubhar aate the vahshat ke nuqush — Qamar Abbas Qamar

ab ki mumkin hai zamin khuun ki pyaasi na rahe
ik qabile ne meri baat nahin maani hai

tishna-lab aisaa ki honTon pe paDe hain chhaale
mutmain aisaa huun dariyaa ko bhi hairaani hai

mujhe bachaa le mire yaar soz-e-imshab se
ki ik sitaara-e-vahshat jabin se guzregaa

shiddat-e-gham se koi gham bhi nahin ho paayaa
jaane vaale tiraa maatam bhi nahin ho paayaa

akelaa-pan hai aur aisaa akelaa-pan jis mein
koi jo puchh le kuchh sab bataane lagte hain

hamaari raat kaa ik vaqt tai hai jis mein ham
tamaam bichhDe huon ko bulaane lagte hain

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

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

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

tumhein fursat ho duniyaa se to ham se aa ke milnaa
hamaare paas fursat ke sivaa kyaa rah gayaa hai

vo na aaegaa hamein maalum thaa is shaam bhi
intizaar us kaa magar kuchh soch kar karte rahe

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