kuchh dinon apne ghar rahaa huun main — Anwar Shuoor

"yaad aa gayaa vo shakhs to yaad aae jaaegaa rulvaae jaaegaa hamein taDpaae jaaegaa taa'bir se kabhi to navaazegaa aasmaan kab tak hamaare khvaab-mahal Dhaae jaaegaa sar 'ishq ki muhim nahin hoti dimaagh se jo sochtaa rahegaa vo ghabraae jaaegaa itnaa bhi sabr-o-shukr kaa qaail nahin ki dil har kaifiyat mein aap ke gun gaae jaaegaa aataa hai rahm naaseh-e-mushfiq ke haal par be-chaara 'umr-bhar hamein samjhaae jaaegaa nazrein haTaa haTaa ke na kyon guftugu karein ham dekhe jaaeinge to vo sharmaae jaaegaa thoDi 'sha'ur' aur chaDhaa le to har taraf saaghar nachaae jaaegaa chhalkaae jaaegaa"

"rahi raat un se mulaaqaat kam mudaaraat khaasi hui baat kam tiri yaad itnaa baDaa kaam hai ki maalum hote hain din raat kam kahin dil bahaltaa nahin shahr mein na baazaar kam hain na baaghaat kam mohabbat mein hoti hain insaan ko shikastein ziyaada futuhaat kam sambhaale hue hai ye shoba bhi dil ab aankhon se hoti hai barsaat kam dimaaghon ki parvaaz maalum hai savaalaat vaafir javaabaat kam bahut son se achchhaa huun phir bhi 'shuur' digar-gun nahin mere haalaat kam"

"mere siine mein kuchh zer-o-zabar hai chaman mein ghaaliban vaqt-e-sahar hai chalaa jaataa huun aksar shahr vaalo bayaabaan mein bhi meraa ek ghar hai jo chehre par nazar aati hai mere meri rangat nahin gard-e-safar hai koi Tiktaa nahin dil mein ziyaada ye goyaa ghar nahin hai rahguzar hai nazar aate hain bas aamaal sab ko mere ahvaal par kis ki nazar hai agar 'anvar-shu'ur' aisaa kare to nazar-andaaz kar denaa bashar hai"

"aise dekhaa hai ki dekhaa hi na ho jaise mujh ko tiri parvaa hi na ho baaz ghar shahr mein aise dekhe jaise un mein koi rahtaa hi na ho mujh se katraa ke bhalaa kyuun jaataa shaayad us ne mujhe dekhaa hi na ho ye samajhtaa hai har aane vaalaa main na aauun to tamaashaa hi na ho yuun bhaTakne pe huun qaane jaise raaston mein koi dariyaa hi na ho raat har chaap pe aataa thaa khayaal uTh ke dekhun koi aayaa hi na ho kaise chhoDun dar-o-divaar apne kyaa khabar lauT ke aanaa hi na ho hain sabhi ghair to apnaa maskan shahr kyuun ho koi sahraa hi na ho yuun to kahne ko bahut kuchh hai 'shuur' kyaa kahun jab koi suntaa hi na ho"

"ittifaaq apni jagah khush-qismati apni jagah khud banaataa hai jahaan mein aadmi apni jagah kah to saktaa huun magar majbur kar saktaa nahin ikhtiyaar apni jagah hai bebasi apni jagah kuchh na kuchh sachchaai hoti hai nihaan har baat mein kahne vaale Thiik kahte hain sabhi apni jagah sirf us ke honT kaaghaz par banaa detaa huun main khud banaa leti hai honTon par hansi apni jagah dost kahtaa huun tumhein shaaer nahin kahtaa 'shuur' dosti apni jagah hai shaaeri apni jagah"

"tum guzre the kis jaldi se dekh rahaa thaa main khiDki se main imaan nahin bechungaa roTi khaa lungaa chaTni se sil ko bhi dil kar detaa hai gham achchhaa hotaa hai khushi se jis jis ne vo aankhein dekhin tauba kar li mai-noshi se nafsaa-nafsi kaa 'aalam hai rakh na 'sha'ur' ummid kisi se"

"vo mujhe zindagi bataataa hai phir bhalaa kyon nazar churaataa hai main usi ko uThaa rahaa thaa par vo mujhe hi faqat giraataa hai yaad us ko kiyaa yahaan main ne par mujhe vo vahaan bhulaataa hai raaz saare bataa diye main ne kyon magar raaz vo chhupaataa hai log masruf hain mohabbat mein aur vo dil miraa dukhaataa hai"

"tere tasavvuraat se aage nahin gayaa ye dil tavahhumaat se aage nahin gayaa jo biich raah chhoD gayaa shukr hai vo shakhs meri tavaqqu'aat se aage nahin gayaa shaayad use pasand thiin jhuTi numaaishein lekin main dil ki baat se aage nahin gayaa jazbaat-e-dil ko vo bhi na kuchh Dhang de sakaa main bhi takallufaat se aage nahin gayaa tohfa bhi us ke vaaste kangan liyaa 'zarim' vallah main us ke haath se aage nahin gayaa"

"taavil-e-ahd-e-fan hi to vahshat kaa hal nahin pesh-e-nazar junun hai yaaro ghazal nahin ab is ke baad ahd ki taarik raat hai ye ikhtitaam-e-shaam hai subh-e-azal nahin ai dost ishq mansab-e-fahm-o-shuur hai ye irtiqaa hai zehn kaa koi khalal nahin ik umr ratjagon ki aziyyat mein kaaT di ab mere khvaab niind kaa radd-e-amal nahin kyaa kyaa ataa-e-neamat-e-rabb-e-karim hai lekin 'samir' dard kaa nemul-badal nahin"

"na koi dost ho meraa na ho adu meraa tum apne munh se agar kah do mujh ko tu meraa fasurdagi mein junun-e-havaa-e-gul yaani khizaan ke daur mein saudaa-e-rang-o-bu meraa jo tum nahin to bahaar-e-jinaan mein khaak nahin bahut vasia hai daamaan-e-aarzu meraa nibhegi ai dil-e-aavaara ab na tujh se miri bas aaj se na main teraa huun aur na tu meraa banaa rahe hain vo jalve ki apne tasvirein dikhaa dikhaa ke tamaashaa-e-rang-o-bu meraa kisi ki zulf-e-siyah kah rahi hai khul khul kar ghaTaa ne rang uDaayaa hai hu-ba-hu meraa mah-e-siyaam kaa aur intizaam kyaa karte janaab-e-shaikh uDaa le gae subu meraa jafaa kaa rang judaa hai vafaa kaa rang judaa malo na dast-e-hinaai mein tum lahu meraa taDap rahi hai jo abr-e-siyaah mein bijli firaaq mein yahi naqsha thaa hu-ba-hu meraa suhaani raat hai chhiTki hai chaandni 'muztar' miri nigaah mein phirtaa hai maah-ru meraa"

"zindagi bojhal hui aazaar se jism jhuktaa jaa rahaa hai baar se doston ne is qadar dhoke diye aur raghbat baDh gai aghyaar se zindagi kaa ik nayaa imkaan huaa ik daricha khul gayaa divaar se ab bayaan kaise karun rudaad-e-gham kaam mushkil hai dil-e-naa-chaar se hijr ki raaton mein bahtaa hi rahaa ek naala chashm-e-dariyaa-baar se misl-e-majnun regzaaron mein rahe sar paTakte ret ki divaar se ham asiraan-e-mohabbat hain yahaan uljhe hain ab gesu-e-khamdaar se 'qalb' teri ghazlein yuun shaadaan karein dard nikle hai tire ashaar se"

"chaahe khoTe hain yaa khare hain ham Dast-e-qudrat ke laaDle hain ham 'aks-e-rafta ko dekhiye saahib kitne maa'sum lag rahe hain ham raat jivan kaa giit gaati hai khvaab-e-tanvim dekhte hain ham 'umr lag jaaegi sanbhalne mein kis bulandi se yuun gire hain ham ek hangaam hai taghayyur kaa kunj-e-nisyaan mein paDe hain ham ab bhi mehndi kaa rang gahraa hai sandalin haath par rache hain ham ik tamaashaa hai kaar-zaar-e-hayaat dekh kar ser ho chuke hain ham jhilmilaate hain aarzu ke kanval dil-jharoke se jhaankte hain ham"