haalaat-e-khun-aashaam se ghaafil nahin lekin — Raunaq Naeem

behtar hai ab duur raho tum Tesu ke in phulon se
shokh bahut hai in ki surkhi aaina dikhlaae to

in darakhton se bhi naata joDiye
jin darakhton kaa koi saaya nahin

saikDon pul bane faasle bhi miTe
aadmi aadmi se judaa hi rahaa

gali gali mein takalluf ki dhuul hoti hai
ab apnaa shahar bhi lagtaa hai ajnabi ki tarah

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

ghulaami mein na kaam aati hain shamshirein na tadbirein
jo ho zauq-e-yaqin paidaa to kaT jaati hain zanjirein

shama bujh kar rah gai parvaana jal kar rah gayaa
yaadgaar-e-husn-o-ishq ik daagh dil par rah gayaa

nahin vo sham-e-mohabbat rahi to phir 'aasim'
ye kis duaa se mire ghar mein raushni si hai

maarka garm to ho lene do khun-rezi kaa
pahle shamshir ke niche hamin jaa baiTheinge

gul kiyaa jis ne vo thaa aur magar
shama ne shikva havaaon se kiyaa