ye kah diyaa hai mire aansuon ne tang aa kar — Afzal Khan

ye nukta ik qissa-go ne mujh ko samjhaayaa
har kirdaar ke andar ek kahaani hoti hai

daalaan mein sabza hai na taalaab mein paani
kyuun koi parinda miri divaar pe utre

zaraa ye dusraa misraa durust farmaaein
mire makaan pe likkhaa hai ghar baraae-farokht

bhaav taao mein kami beshi nahin ho sakti
haan magar tujh se kharidaar ko naa kaise ho

ik vaDera kuchh maveshi le ke baiThaa hai yahaan
gaanv ki jitni bhi aabaadi hai aabaadi nahin

isi liye hamein ehsaas-e-jurm hai shaayad
abhi hamaari mohabbat nai nai hai naa

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

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

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

ishq udaasi ke paighaam to laataa rahtaa hai din raat
lekin ham ko khush rahne ki aadat bahut ziyaada hai

sukut tark-e-taalluq kaa ik garaan lamha
banaa gayaa hai sadaaon kaa silsila mujh ko

ghar ke dukhDe shahr ke gham aur des bides ki chintaaein
in mein kuchh aavaara kutte hain kuchh ham ne paale hain