shab-o-roz nakhl-e-vajud ko nayaa ek barg-e-anaa diyaa — Ahmad Shanas

bahut chhoTaa safar thaa zindagi kaa
main apne ghar ke andar tak na pahunchaa

baahar insaanon se nafrat hai lekin
ghar mein Dheron bachche paidaa karte hain

kaun qatre mein uThaataa hai talaatum
aur antar-aatmaa tak sinchtaa hai

chaand mein darvesh hai jugnu mein jogi
kaun hai vo aur kis ko khojtaa hai

saat qulzum hain mire siine mein
ek qatre se ubhaaraa thaa mujhe

main us ki pahchaan huun yaa vo meri
kyaa samjhun aur vo samjhaae kyaa kyaa

maut ke baa'd ziist ki bahs mein mubtalaa the log
ham to 'sahar' guzar gae tohmat-e-zindagi uThaae

har ek baat ko chup-chaap kyuun sunaa jaae
kabhi to hausla kar ke nahin kahaa jaae

zindagi phaili hui thi shaam-e-hijraan ki tarah
kis ko itnaa hausla thaa kaun ji kar dekhtaa

khudaa kare ki vahi baat us ke dil mein ho
jo baat kahne ki himmat juTaa rahaa huun main

aziiz gar thaa ta'alluq to kis liye toDaa
jab ikhtilaaf kiyaa to mufaahamat kaisi

ghurur-e-husn na kar jazba-e-zulekhaa dekh
kiyaa hai ishq ne yusuf ghulaam aashiq kaa