ret par vo paDi hai mushk koi — Shahid Kamal

haan vaz-e-ehtiyaat kaa qaail nahin huun mein
jo zakhm hai jigar mein chhupaane se main rahaa

jab Duub ke marnaa hai to kyaa soch rahe ho
in jhiil si aankhon mein utar kyuun nahin jaate

jang kaa shor bhi kuchh der to tham saktaa hai
phir se ik amn ki afvaah uDaa di jaae

tu mere saath nahin hai to sochtaa huun main
ki ab to tujh se bichhaDne kaa koi Dar bhi nahin

shaakh-e-mizhgaan pe mahakne lage zakhmon ke gulaab
pichhle mausam ki mulaaqaat ki bu zinda hai

burida-sar ko sajaa de fasil-e-neza par
darida jism ko phir arsa-e-qitaal mein rakh

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

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

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

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

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

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