aasmaan-dar-aasmaan asraar mujh par khul gae — Shahbaz Raja

haasil-e-kun bhi nigaahon kaa ishaara to nahin
ye jo dil mujh mein dhaDaktaa hai tumhaaraa to nahin

kahin bhi khud ko kabhi be-nishaan na hone diyaa
safar kaThin thaa magar raaegaan na hone diyaa

gavaaraa kaise karein us ki tamkanat 'shahbaaz'
ki kuchh to ham bhi havaa apne sar mein rakhte hain

vo sar-e-mahfil baDhaate jaa rahe hain guftugu
main magar katraa rahaa huun baat ki tafsil se

ret par ik nishaan hai shaayad
ye hamaaraa makaan hai shaayad

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

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

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

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

pyaaso raho na dasht mein baarish ke muntazir
maaro zamin pe paanv ki paani nikal paDe