sochtaa huun dayaar-e-be-parvaa — Sarvat Husain

surmaa jis ke kinaaron se palaT aate hain
main ne kashti ko utaaraa hai usi paani mein

bhar jaaeinge jab zakhm to aaungaa dobaaraa
main haar gayaa jang magar dil nahin haaraa

paanv saakit ho gae 'sarvat' kisi ko dekh kar
ik kashish mahtaab jaisi chehra-e-dilbar mein thi

do hi chizein is dharti mein dekhne vaali hain
miTTi ki sundartaa dekho aur mujhe dekho

bujhi ruuh ki pyaas lekin sakhi
mire saath meraa badan bhi to hai

main kitaab-e-khaak kholun to khule
kyaa nahin maujud kyaa maujud hai

jinhein ye fikr nahin sar rahe rahe na rahe
vo sach hi kahte hain jab bolne pe aate hain

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

ai shahr-e-sitam-zaad tiri umr baDi ho
kuchh aur bataa naql-e-makaani ke alaava

har fikr sirf jaagne vaale kaa hai nasib
jo so rahaa hai bas vahi banda maze mein hai

ye pahlaa ishq hai tumhaaraa soch lo
mire liye ye raastaa nayaa nahin

qatl karne kaa iraada hai magar sochtaa huun
tu agar aae to haathon mein jhijak paidaa ho