ik dasht-e-be-amaan kaa safar hai chale-chalo — Waheed Akhtar

zer-e-paa ab na zamin hai na falak hai sar par
sail-e-takhliq bhi girdaab kaa manzar niklaa

harf-e-inkaar hai kyuun naar-e-jahannam kaa halif
sirf iqraar pe kyuun baab-e-iram khultaa hai

maangne vaalon ko kyaa izzat o rusvaai se
dene vaalon ki amiri kaa bharam khultaa hai

jo sunnaa chaaho to bol uTTheinge andhere bhi
na sunnaa chaaho to dil ki sadaa sunaai na de

hazaaron saal safar kar ke phir vahin pahunche
bahut zamaana huaa thaa hamein zamin se chale

bichhDe hue khvaab aa ke pakaD lete hain daaman
har raasta parchhaaiyon ne rok liyaa hai

main baDaa ho gayaa huun magar bachpanaa
mere dil se kabhi bhi gayaa hi nahin

shama bujh kar rah gai parvaana jal kar rah gayaa
yaadgaar-e-husn-o-ishq ik daagh dil par rah gayaa

unhein apne dil ki khabrein mire dil se mil rahi hain
main jo un se ruuTh jaaun to payaam tak na pahunche

dil-e-haris hi apnaa na ho sakaa qaane
vagarna tere karam mein to kuchh kami na rahi

chaand ne taan li hai chaadar-e-abr
ab vo kapDe badal rahi hogi

havaa shaakhon mein rukne aur ulajhne ko hai is lamhe
guzarte baadalon mein chaand haail hone vaalaa hai