qalam ki nok pe rakkhe hue charaagh hain ham — Rauf Raza

is naghmagi kaa thoDaa gunah-gaar main bhi huun
mujh se bhi is jahaan mein halchal rahi hai dost

ham ko vaise bhi koi kaam nahin aataa hai
aur ye kaam haqiqat ko fasaana karnaa

ab ye pathraai hui aankhein liye phirte raho
main ne kab tum se kahaa thaa mujhe itnaa dekho

saare naakaam-e-tamannaa mire dil tak aa jaaein
aaj vo kaam kareinge ki jo hone kaa nahin

vo ye kahte hain sadaa ho to tumhaare jaisi
is kaa matlab to yahi hai ki pukaare jaao

mere siine se nikaalo miri buniyaad ki jaan
itni aasaani se viraan nahin hotaa main

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

ret par ik nishaan hai shaayad
ye hamaaraa makaan hai shaayad

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

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

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