kab tak in aavaara maujon kaa tamaashaa dekhnaa — Saleem Shahzad

havaa ki zad mein patte ki tarah thaa
vo ik zakhmi parinde ki tarah thaa

an-kahi kah an-suni baatein sunaa
rah gayaa jo kuchh bhi sochaa soch le

zard patte mein koi nuqta-e-sabz
apne hone kaa pataa kaafi hai

baaton mein hai us ki zahr thoDaa
thoDaa saa mazaa sharaab jaisaa

use pataa hai ki rukti nahin hai chhaanv kabhi
to phir vo abr ko kyuun saaebaan samajhtaa hai

aag bhi barsi darakhton par vahin
kaal basti mein jahaan paani kaa thaa

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

tumhein fursat ho duniyaa se to ham se aa ke milnaa
hamaare paas fursat ke sivaa kyaa rah gayaa hai

zamaana mujh se judaa ho gayaa zamaana huaa
rahaa hai ab to bichhaDne ko mujh se tu baaqi

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

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

main jis mein rah na sakaa ji-huzuriyon ke sabab
ye aadmi hai usi kaamyaab mausam kaa