zulm hai takht taaj sannaaTaa — Salman Akhtar

"kyaa dikhaataa hai ye safar dekho ab kahaan rukti hai nazar dekho vaqt har aaine kaa dushman hai phir bhi kuchh roz ban-sanvar dekho khud ko gar dekho ghair aankhon se 'umr ne kyaa kiyaa asar dekho raat ke baa'd raat aaegi dil se jaataa hai kab ye Dar dekho aae bhi aur gae bhi khaali haath chhoDo duniyaa ko aur ghar dekho"

"ye tamannaa hai ki ab aur tamannaa na karein sher kahte rahein chup chaap taqaazaa na karein in badalte hue haalaat mein behtar hai yahi aaina dekhein to khud apne ko DhunDaa na karein tu gurezaan rahi ai zindagi ham se lekin kaise mumkin hai ki ham bhi tujhe chaahaa na karein is nae daur ke logon se ye kah de koi dil ke dukhDon kaa sar-e-aam tamaashaa na karein"

"dosti kuchh nahin ulfat kaa sila kuchh bhi nahin aaj duniyaa mein ba-juz zehn-e-rasaa kuchh bhi nahin patte sab gir gae peDon se magar kyaa kahiye aisaa lagtaa hai hamein jaise huaa kuchh bhi nahin kal ki yaadon ki jalaane ko jalaaein mishal ek taarik udaasi ke sivaa kuchh bhi nahin DhunDhnaa chhoD do parchhaain kaa maskan yaaro chaahe jis tarah jiyo is mein nayaa kuchh bhi nahin ik buroTas se shikaayat ho to dil dukhtaa hai ho jo har ek se shikva to gila kuchh bhi nahin"

"ham jo pahle kahin mile hote aur hi apne silsile hote phir har ik baat Thiik se hoti phir na uljhan na faasle hote phir na tanhaai raat ko Dasti phir na qismat se ye gile hote phir na lagtaa ye shahr ik sahraa phir na gum dil ke qaafile hote phir ghazal hoti sab zabaanon par phir kisi ke na lab sile hote phir har ik lamha gungunaa uThtaa phir har ik samt gul khile hote"

"kisi qismat mein ek ghar niklaa kisi taqdir mein safar niklaa zakhm se kuchh ghazal ke sher uge shaakh se phuuT kar samar niklaa dost ban kar vafaa na ki jis ne huaa dushman to mo'tabar niklaa nae aansu the aastin ke liye daaman-e-dil kabhi kaa tar niklaa jab ye maanaa ki dil mein Dar hai bahut tab kahin jaa ke dil se Dar niklaa"

"kaho to aaj bataa dein tumhein haqiqat bhi ki zindagi se rahi hai hamein mohabbat bhi tumhaaraa husn to hai jaan apne rishte ki barat rahe hain magar ham zaraa muravvat bhi hazaar chaahein magar chhuT hi nahin sakti baDi ajiib hai ye mai-kashi ki aadat bhi ye zindagi koi mahshar sahi magar yaaro sukun-bakhsh hai ham ko yahi qayaamat bhi udhaar le ke khushi saari umr jiite rahe magar ye ilm thaa aaegi ham pe aafat bhi"

"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"

"dil shaad nahin karte aabaad nahin karte mahsus ye hotaa hai vo yaad nahin karte naashaad zamaane ke dil shaad nahin karte kam-aql parindon ko aazaad nahin karte mohtaaj-e-karam aksar rahte hain gharibon ke jo log gharibon ki imdaad nahin karte kuchh log shikaayat ko haq apnaa samajhte hain kuchh log kabhi tum se fariyaad nahin karte ham apne iraadon mein rakhte hain tavaanaai ham daad ke taalib ko bedaad nahin karte jo aap ki niyyat kaa kuchh ilm hamein hotaa ham apni mohabbat ko barbaad nahin karte is daur-e-siyaasat mein 'mahmud' qayaamat hai ahbaab jo karte hain jallaad nahin karte"

"Tuut kar ab sanvar gayaa huun main is tarah se bikhar gayaa huun main jo tire naam ki gali hai vo us gali se guzar gayaa huun main yaadein teri sameT laayaa huun aaj jab se udhar gayaa huun main khud mukarnaa sikhaa diyaa us ne phir kahaa ki mukar gayaa huun main kal talak jo na kar sakaa thaa main aaj vo kaam kar gayaa huun main yuun kahin main nahin Thahartaa par tere dar par Thahar gayaa huun main"

"bistar-e-karb pe jab niind jalaai main ne tab kisi khvaab ki buniyaad uThaai main ne zakhm aise the ki har shakhs ke aage rakkhe baat aisi thi ki khud se bhi chhupaai main ne hurmat-e-gham ke liye khud ko aziyyat bakhshi phir usi dard se taskin bhi paai main ne main ne zakhmon ko kuredaa unhein taaza rakkhaa tab kahin dasht mein ki naghma-saraai main ne apni khiDki se yunhi khud ko pukaaraa kal shab aur phir khud ko vo aavaaz sunaai main ne jaane vaale se rag-e-jaan kaa bhi rishta thaa 'samir' ye samajhne mein bahut der lagaai main ne"

"zindagi dushvaar hogi ye kabhi sochaa na thaa vo bagule gham ke uTThe jin kaa andesha na thaa saamne tum aa gae ho to bataa duun jaan-e-jaan jaise dil dhaDkaa thaa ab ki vaise dil dhaDkaa na thaa ye iraada kar liyaa thaa ham na bichhDeinge kabhi TuTeinge ik pal mein rishte ye kabhi sochaa na thaa yaad-e-maazi miT rahi hai vaqt ki raftaar se ab tasavvur mein hamaare koi bhi chehra na thaa sakht hairat ho rahi hai dekh kar apnaa vajud dhuup mein the sab ke saaye par miraa saayaa na thaa shauq-e-manzil dekh meri dekh meraa hausla shahr-e-dil ke raaston mein main kabhi Thahraa na thaa 'qalb' ko sahraa-navardi raas kyaa aati bhalaa vo kabhi aavaargi mein dar-ba-dar bhaTkaa na thaa"

"jahaan-e-dard-o-gham hai aur main huun tiraa naqsh-e-qadam hai aur main huun kisi ki aankh nam hai aur main huun vufur-e-shauq kam hai aur main huun mujhe hai daulat-e-kaunain haasil mire rab kaa karam hai aur main huun main apne aap ko pahchaantaa huun miraa apnaa bharam hai aur main huun yahi kyaa kam hai duniyaa-e-vafaa mein mujhe ehsaas-e-gham hai aur main huun kisi ki yaad kaa ehsaan hai mujh par sukun-e-dil baham hai aur main huun mujhe 'mahmud' koi Dar nahin hai miraa apnaa qalam hai aur main huun"