tahrir the khvaab aur tamanna ke havaale — Ahmad Azeem

honTon pe tabassum kaa labaada to nahin thaa
ai dil sam-e-andoh ziyaada to nahin thaa

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

zaraa Thahro use aane do us ki baat bhi sun lein
hamein jo ilm hai go dil ko dahlaane hi vaalaa hai

zamaane ke darbaar mein dast-basta huaa hai
ye dil us pe maail magar rafta rafta huaa hai

ghuTan to dil ki rahi qasr-e-marmarin mein bhi
na raushni se huaa kuchh na kuchh havaa se huaa

dil toDne vaale ko khabar ho ki abhi main
sar-taa-ba-qadam ik dil-e-bimaar nahin huun