os se pyaas kahaan bujhti hai — Rajinder Manchanda Bani

yaad tiri jaise ki sar-e-shaam
dhund utar jaae paani mein

thi paanv mein koi zanjir bach gae varna
ram-e-havaa kaa tamaashaa yahaan rahaa hai bahut

koi bhuli hui shai taaq-e-har-manzar pe rakkhi thi
sitaare chhat pe rakkhe the shikan bistar pe rakkhi thi

shaamil huun qaafile mein magar sar mein dhund hai
shaayad hai koi raah judaa bhi mire liye

paiham mauj-e-imkaani mein
aglaa paanv nae paani mein

mohabbatein na rahin us ke dil mein mere liye
magar vo miltaa thaa hans kar ki vaza-daar jo thaa

kyon tasavvur mein ji rahaa huun main
jab haqiqat mein mar hi jaanaa hai

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

na jaane us ne khule aasmaan mein kyaa dekhaa
parinda phir se jahaan-e-qafas mein lauT aayaa

duniyaa gharib jaan ke hansti thi 'mir' par
'iqbaal' mujh pe aise ye duniyaa hansi ki bas

ijz-o-niyaaz apnaa apni taraf hai saaraa
is musht-e-khaak ko ham masjud jaante hain

vo kuchh muskuraanaa vo kuchh jheinp jaanaa
javaani adaaein sikhaati hain kyaa kyaa