chaDhaa huaa thaa vo dariyaa agar hamaare liye — Ahmad Mahfuz

daaman ko zaraa jhaTak to dekho
duniyaa hai kuchh aur shai nahin hai

dil ne lagaa diyaa hai jo ik kaam se mujhe
har dam laDaai rahti hai aaraam se mujhe

jaantaa huun in dinon kaisaa hai dariyaa kaa mizaaj
is liye saahil se thoDaa faasla rakhtaa huun main

apne hi aks kaa chakkar to nahin chaaron taraf
ki nazar aate hain ab khud ko hamin chaaron taraf

zehn par zor bhi Daalo to na yaad aauun main
is tarah parda-e-nisyaan mein chhupaa lo mujh ko

zakhmon ko ashk-e-khun se sairaab kar rahaa huun
ab aur bhi tumhaaraa chehra khilaa rahegaa

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

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

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

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

main jis mein rah na sakaa ji-huzuriyon ke sabab
ye aadmi hai usi kaamyaab mausam kaa