dil ne lagaa diyaa hai jo ik kaam se mujhe — Ahmad Mahfuz

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

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

chaDhaa huaa thaa vo dariyaa agar hamaare liye
to dekhte hi rahe kyuun utar nahin gae ham

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

main baDaa ho gayaa huun magar bachpanaa
mere dil se kabhi bhi gayaa hi nahin

khudaa ke haath mein mat saunp saare kaamon ko
badalte vaqt pe kuchh apnaa ikhtiyaar bhi rakh

'saif' andaaz-e-bayaan rang badal detaa hai
varna duniyaa mein koi baat nai baat nahin

barsaat kaa baadal to divaana hai kyaa jaane
kis raah se bachnaa hai kis chhat ko bhigonaa hai

na ho ehsaas to saaraa jahaan hai be-his-o-murda
gudaaz-e-dil ho to dukhti ragein milti hain patthar mein

badalte vaqt ne badle mizaaj bhi kaise
tiri adaa bhi gai meraa baankpan bhi gayaa