ai chashm-e-iltifaat ke maare hue sambhal — Raqim Lakhnavi

un ke liye uThaain tabassum ki zahmatein
lenaa paDaa khushi kaa sahaaraa kabhi kabhi

sarf-e-sujud kar ke jabin-e-nazar ko main
mearaaj de rahaa huun tire sang-e-dar ko main

dam bhar agar nasib ho fursat to ponchh lo
peshaaniyon pe gard-e-safar hai musaafiro

kabhi un ko milti nahin koi manzil
badalte hain jo har qadam par iraade

ret par ik nishaan hai shaayad
ye hamaaraa makaan hai shaayad

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

kaho kyaa mehrbaan naa-mehrbaan taqdir hoti hai
kahaa maan ki duaaon mein baDi taasir hoti hai

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

aasmaan jhaank rahaa hai 'khaalid'
chaand kamre mein mire utraa hai

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