vo jo ik shakhs tumhein yaad kiyaa kartaa thaa — Rauf Raza

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

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

vo to bachchon ki patangon ne use gher liyaa
varna chupke se nikal jaati bahaar aai hui

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

sab ko ham bhuul gae josh-e-junun mein lekin
ik tiri yaad thi aisi jo bhulaai na gai

main jab bhuke parinde dekhtaa huun apne aangan mein
mujhe apne vatan ke nange bachche yaad aate hain

nahin hai jis kaa hal ab to koi 'nadim' bas ik sivaa tumhaare
main ek aisaa hi masala huun mujhe duaaon mein yaad rakhnaa

vo bhiiD mein khaDaa hai jo patthar liye hue
kal tak miraa khudaa thaa mujhe itnaa yaad hai

shab kitni bojhal bojhal hai ham tanhaa tanhaa baiThe hain
aise mein tumhaari yaad aai jis tarah koi ilhaam aae