chaandni surkh si dikhaai de — Riasath Ali Asrar

ham na aae junun ke bas mein kabhi
ye garebaan khirad ne chaak kiyaa

be-karaan dasht-e-tasavvur mein bhaTakne ke nuqush
mauj-dar-mauj saraabon se ubharte honge

aap ham se judaa nahin hote
aap par ikhtiyaar hai koi

kyaa us se bichhaDte ki mile hi na the jis se
ik-tarfa mohabbat ke bhi hain zaaviye kyaa kyaa

apni zanjir-e-paa ko dekhtaa huun
us ki paazeb yaad aati hai

mahv hain hazrat-e-khayaal apne
haal-e-dil mein muraaqiba baandhe

vo chaand hai to aks bhi paani mein aaegaa
kirdaar khud ubhar ke kahaani mein aaegaa

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

chaand ne taan li hai chaadar-e-abr
ab vo kapDe badal rahi hogi

havaa shaakhon mein rukne aur ulajhne ko hai is lamhe
guzarte baadalon mein chaand haail hone vaalaa hai

vaqt hai ab namaaz-e-maghrib kaa
chaand rukh lab shafaq hai gesu shaam

chaand hai paani mein yaa bhule hue chehre kaa aks
saahil-e-dariyaa pe dekho main bhi hairaani mein huun