dariyaa ke kinaare pe miri laash paDi thi — Adil Mansuri

vo kaun thaa jo din ke ujaale mein kho gayaa
ye chaand kis ko DhunDne niklaa hai shaam se

kab tak paDe rahoge havaaon ke haath mein
kab tak chalegaa khokhle shabdon kaa kaarobaar

soe to dil mein ek jahaan jaagne lagaa
jaage to apni aankh mein jaale the khvaab ke

bismil ke taDapne ki adaaon mein nasha thaa
main haath mein talvaar liye jhuum rahaa thaa

ab TuTne hi vaalaa hai tanhaai kaa hisaar
ik shakhs chikhtaa hai samundar ke aar-paar

kis tarah jamaa kijiye ab apne aap ko
kaaghaz bikhar rahe hain puraani kitaab ke

mujid jo nuur kaa hai vo meraa charaagh hai
parvaana huun main anjuman-e-kaaenaat kaa

chaand suraj ki tarah tum bhi ho qudrat kaa khel
jaise ho vaise raho bannaa bigaDnaa chhoDo

paaniyon mein khel kuchh aisaa bhi honaa chaahiye thaa
biich dariyaa mein koi kashti Dubonaa chaahiye thaa

dil ke dariyaa ne kinaaron se mohabbat kar li
tez bahtaa hai magar kam nahin hone paataa

kahin fitrat badal sakti hai naamon ke badalne se
janaab-e-shaikh ko main barhaman kah duun to kyaa hogaa

barson pahle jis dariyaa mein utraa thaa
ab tak us ki gahraai hai aankhon mein