miri qindil-e-jaan jalti hai shab bhar — Abdussamad ’Tapish’

ab nishaana us ki apni zaat hai
laD rahaa hai ik anokhi jang vo

kaun patthar uThaae
ye shajar be-samar hai

use khilaunon se baDh kar hai fikr roTi ki
hamaare daur kaa bachcha janam se buDhaa hai

koi column nahin hai haadson par
bachaa kar aaj kaa akhbaar rakhnaa

un ke lab par miraa gila hi sahi
yaad karne kaa silsila to hai

main ne jo kuchh bhi likkhaa hai
vo sab harf-e-aainda hai

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

'saif' andaaz-e-bayaan rang badal detaa hai
varna duniyaa mein koi baat nai baat nahin

shahr ki galiyon mein gahri tirgi giryaan rahi
raat baadal is tarah aae ki main to Dar gayaa

haath mein chaand jahaan aayaa muqaddar chamkaa
sab badal jaaegaa qismat kaa likhaa jaam uThaa

chor aisaa mukhbir aisaa chaahiye
mujh ko dilbar kaa pataa dil se milaa

dil ki divaar gir gai shaayad
apni aavaaz kaan mein aai