gaaDi mein bhi ghar ko soche jaataa huun — Zahoor Minhas

ye to insaaniyat ko Thokar hai
aadmi aadmi kaa naukar hai

vo thak gai thi bhiiD mein chalte hue 'zahur'
us ke badan pe an-ginat aankhon kaa bojh thaa

koi bhi hal nahin udaasi kaa
mujh se kamre ne baarhaa puchhaa

tamaam shahr mein baarish ki dhaak baiTh gai
jo uD rahi thi havaaon mein khaak baiTh gai

bheji tasvir bhi to aankhon ki
yaa'ni aankhein dikhaa rahi ho mujhe

fikr-e-tajdid-e-hijr hai varna
kab mujhe vasl ki zarurat hai

vo na aaegaa hamein maalum thaa is shaam bhi
intizaar us kaa magar kuchh soch kar karte rahe

jinhein ye fikr nahin sar rahe rahe na rahe
vo sach hi kahte hain jab bolne pe aate hain

bagulaa jin ke sar par chatr-e-shaahi hai zamin masnad
vahi aqlim-e-gham mein aah ki naubat bajaate hain

azaab-e-daanish-e-haazir se baa-khabar huun main
ki main is aag mein Daalaa gayaa huun misl-e-khalil

tere bin hayaat ki soch bhi gunaah thi
ham qarib-e-jaan tiraa hisaar dekhte rahe

us ke rukhsaar pe hai aur tire honT pe til
tilmilaane ki ijaazat nahin di jaaegi