niind ko DhunD ke laane ki davaaein thiin bahut — Rajesh Reddy

kiyaa ijaad jis ne bhi khudaa ko
vo khud ko kaise bahlaataa thaa pahle

saath 'ghaalib' ke gai fikr ki gahraai bhi
aur lahja bhi gayaa 'mir-taqi-mir' ke saath

sab log is se pahle ki devtaa samajhte
ham ne zaraa saa khud ko insaan kar liyaa hai

kyaa jaane kis jahaan mein milegaa hamein sukun
naaraaz hain zamin se khafaa aasmaan se ham

justuju kaa ik ajab silsila taa-umr rahaa
khud ko khonaa thaa kahin aur kahin DhunDhnaa thaa

kaun paDhtaa hai yahaan khol ke ab dil ki kitaab
ab to chehre ko hi akhbaar kiyaa jaanaa hai

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

hamaaraa ishq ravaan hai rukaavaTon mein 'zafar'
ye khvaab hai kisi divaar se nahin ruktaa

ik yaqin-parvar gumaan aur ik hayaat-aamez khvaab
jaise koi aaegaa aur uljhanein le jaaegaa

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

andheri shab kaa ye khvaab-manzar mujhe ujaalon se bhar rahaa hai
to raat itni tavil kar de ki taa-qayaamat sahar na aae

balaa-e-jaan thi jo bazm-e-tamaashaa chhoD di main ne
khushaa ai zindagi khvaabon ki duniyaa chhoD di main ne