ham sitaaron ki tarah Duub gae — Qamar Jameel

ek patthar ki dast-e-yaar mein hai
phuul banne ke intizaar mein hai

apni naakaamiyon pe aakhir-e-kaar
muskuraanaa to ikhtiyaar mein hai

yaa allahabad mein rahiye jahaan sangam bhi ho
yaa banaras mein jahaan har ghaaT par sailaab hai

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

pyaaso raho na dasht mein baarish ke muntazir
maaro zamin pe paanv ki paani nikal paDe

tujhe gale se lagaa ke bhi dekhaa jaaegaa
abhi to mujh ko tiraa intizaar karnaa hai

phunkaa hai kis ne gosh-e-mohabbat mein ai khudaa
afsun-e-intizaar tamannaa kahein jise

ghazab kiyaa tire vaade pe e'tibaar kiyaa
tamaam raat qayaamat kaa intizaar kiyaa

hamein bhi aaj hi karnaa thaa intizaar us kaa
use bhi aaj hi sab vaade bhuul jaane the