jaise dekhaa ho aakhiri sapnaa — Siraj Faisal Khan

tire ehsaas mein Duubaa huaa main
kabhi sahraa kabhi dariyaa huaa main

shaayad agli ik koshish taqdir badal de
zahar to jab ji chaahe khaayaa jaa saktaa hai

dasht jaisi ujaaD hain aankhein
in darichon se khvaab kyaa jhaankein

kai din baa'd us ne guftugu ki
kai din baa'd phir achchhaa huaa main

vo ek shakhs jo dikhne mein Thik-Thaak saa thaa
bichhaD rahaa thaa to lagne lagaa hasin bahut

hamein ranjish nahin dariyaa se koi
salaamat gar rahe sahraa hamaaraa

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

jab ki pahlu se yaar uThtaa hai
dard be-ikhtiyaar uThtaa hai

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

nur-e-sahar kahaan hai agar shaam-e-gham gai
kab iltifaat thaa ki jo khu-e-sitam gai

koi shikva na gham na koi yaad
baiThe baiThe bas aankh bhar aai

us but ke nahaane se huaa saaf ye paani
moti bhi sadaf mein tah-e-dariyaa nazar aayaa