mujh ko manzil bhi na pahchaan saki — Akhtar Imam Rizvi

thakaa huaa huun kisi saae ki talaash mein huun
bichhaD gayaa huun sitaaron se raushni ki tarah

ashk jab dida-e-tar se niklaa
ek kaanTaa saa jigar se niklaa

kam-zarf zamaane ki hiqaarat kaa gila kyaa
main khush huun miraa pyaar samundar ki tarah hai

ab bhi aati hai tiri yaad pa is karb ke saath
TuTti niind mein jaise koi sapnaa dekhaa

apnon ki chaahaton ne bhi kyaa kyaa diye fareb
rote rahe lipaT ke har ik ajnabi ke saath

toD bhi do ehsaas ke rishte chhoD bhi do dukh apnaane
ro ro ke jivan kaaToge ro ro ke mar jaaoge

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

miri tamannaa hai ab ke tum phir milo to ji bhar ke muskuraaein
ki dekhnaa hai ye raushni kaa safar bahut der baa'd jaa kar

yuun to maujud apne ghar mein hai
aadmi mustaqil safar mein hai

safar mein aise kai marhale bhi aate hain
har ek moD pe kuchh log chhuT jaate hain

yaad aai hai to phir TuuT ke yaad aai hai
koi guzri hui manzil koi bhuli hui dost

kin manzilon luTe hain mohabbat ke qaafile
insaan zamin pe aaj gharib-ul-vatan saa hai