ahd-e-aaghaaz-e-tamannaa bhi mujhe yaad nahin — Shaukat Pardesi

ye kaisi be-qaraari sunne vaalon ke dilon mein hai
varaq dohraa rahaa hai kyaa koi meri kahaani kaa

un ki nigaah-e-naaz ki gardish ke saath saath
mahsus ye huaa ki zamaana badal gayaa

us ki hansi tum kyaa samjho
vo jo pahron royaa hai

ai inqalaab-e-nau tiri raftaar dekh kar
khud ham bhi sochte hain ki ab tak kahaan rahe

sharik-e-dard nahin jab koi to ai 'shaukat'
khud apni zaat ki bechaargi ghanimat hai

hudud-e-jism se aage baDhe to ye dekhaa
ki tishnagi thi barahna tiri adaaon tak

mere khvaabon ke jharokon ko sajaate rahiye
na sahi vasl magar yaad to aate rahiye

sab ko ham bhuul gae josh-e-junun mein lekin
ik tiri yaad thi aisi jo bhulaai na gai

ishq udaasi ke paighaam to laataa rahtaa hai din raat
lekin ham ko khush rahne ki aadat bahut ziyaada hai

sayyaad teraa ghar mujhe jannat sahi magar
jannat se bhi sivaa mujhe raahat chaman mein thi

thak gayaa hai dil-e-vahshi miraa fariyaad se bhi
ji bahaltaa nahin ai dost tiri yaad se bhi

phir mujhe dida-e-tar yaad aayaa
dil jigar tishna-e-fariyaad aayaa