pahle sau baar idhar udhar dekhaa — Syed Mohammad Asar

din kaTaa jis tarah kaTaa lekin
raat kaTti nazar nahin aati

aisi taraqqi par to ronaa bantaa hai
jis mein dahshat-gard corona bantaa hai

kabhi khauf thaa tire hijr kaa kabhi aarzu ke zavaal kaa
rahaa hijr-o-vasl ke darmiyaan tujhe kho sakaa na main paa sakaa

phir is mazaaq ko jamhuriyat kaa naam diyaa
hamein Daraane lage vo hamaari taaqat se

sab jahaangir niyaamon se nikal aaeinge
ab to zanjir hilaate hue Dartaa huun main

yaan ziist kaa khatra nahin haan khinchiye talvaar
vo ghair thaa jo dekh ke samsaam Dare thaa

ek muddat se miri maan nahin soi 'taabish'
main ne ik baar kahaa thaa mujhe Dar lagtaa hai