'taskin' ne naam le ke tiraa vaqt-e-marg aah — Taskeen Dehlavi

qaasid aayaa hai vahaan se tu zaraa tham to sahi
baat to karne de us se dil-e-betaab mujhe

kahe deti hain ye nichi nigaahein
ki baalaa-e-zamin kyaa kyaa na hogaa

itni na kiije jaane ki jaldi shab-e-visaal
dekhe hain main ne kaam bigaDte shitaab mein

puchhe jo tujh se koi ki 'taskin' se kyuun milaa
kah diijo haal dekh ke rahm aa gayaa mujhe

abhi is raah se koi gayaa hai
kahe deti hai shokhi naqsh-e-paa ki

taskin' karun kyaa dil-e-muztar kaa ilaaj ab
kam-bakht ko mar kar bhi to aaraam na aayaa

kyon tasavvur mein ji rahaa huun main
jab haqiqat mein mar hi jaanaa hai

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

jism-e-aazaadi mein phunki tu ne majburi ki ruuh
khair jo chaahaa kiyaa ab ye bataa ham kyaa karein

vahaan hamaaraa koi muntazir nahin phir bhi
hamein na rok ki ghar jaanaa chaahte hain ham

na jaane us ne khule aasmaan mein kyaa dekhaa
parinda phir se jahaan-e-qafas mein lauT aayaa

ijz-o-niyaaz apnaa apni taraf hai saaraa
is musht-e-khaak ko ham masjud jaante hain