patte patte se naghma-saraa kaun hai — 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

gham hai na ab khushi hai na ummid hai na yaas
sab se najaat paae zamaane guzar gae

jab ki pahlu se yaar uThtaa hai
dard be-ikhtiyaar uThtaa hai

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

log hanste hain hamein dekh ke tanhaa tanhaa
aao baiThein kahin aur un pe hansein ham aur tum

rok le ai zabt jo aansu ki chashm-e-tar mein hai
kuchh nahin bigDaa abhi tak ghar ki daulat ghar mein hai

mahv-e-hairat huun kharaash-e-dast-e-gham ko dekh kar
zakhm chehre par hain yaa hai aaina TuuTaa huaa