kamaan-e-shaakh se gul kis hadaf ko jaate hain — Afzal Ahmad Syed

kamaan-e-khaana-e-aflaak ke muqaabil bhi
main us se aur vo phir kaj-kulaah mujh se huaa

is dil ko kisi dast-e-adaa-sanj mein rakhnaa
mumkin hai ye mizaan-e-kam-o-besh jalaa de

main dil ko us ki taghaaful-saraa se le aayaa
aur apne khaana-e-vahshat mein zer-e-daam rakhaa

use ajab thaa ghurur-e-shaguft-e-rukhsaari
bahaar-e-gul ko bahut be-hunar kahaa us ne

yahi bahut the mujhe naan o aab o shama o gul
safar-nazhaad thaa asbaab mukhtasar rakkhaa

kitaab-e-umr se sab harf uD gae mere
ki mujh asiir ko honaa hai ham-kalaam us kaa

zamaana mujh se judaa ho gayaa zamaana huaa
rahaa hai ab to bichhaDne ko mujh se tu baaqi

tumhein fursat ho duniyaa se to ham se aa ke milnaa
hamaare paas fursat ke sivaa kyaa rah gayaa hai

vo na aaegaa hamein maalum thaa is shaam bhi
intizaar us kaa magar kuchh soch kar karte rahe

shaahraahein dafatan shoale ugalne lag gaiin
ghar ki jaanib chal paDaa hai shahr gheraa kar tamaam

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

pyaaso raho na dasht mein baarish ke muntazir
maaro zamin pe paanv ki paani nikal paDe