ab zamin bhi jagah nahin deti — Akhtar Razaa Saleemi

yahin kahin pe koi shahr bas rahaa thaa abhi
talaash kijiye is kaa agar nishaan koi hai

ik aag hamaari muntazir hai
ik aag se ham nikal rahe hain

aae adam se ek jhalak dekhne tiri
rakkhaa hi kyaa thaa varna jahaan-e-kharaab mein

pahle taraashaa kaanch se us ne miraa vajud
phir shahr bhar ke haath mein patthar thamaa diye

guzar rahaa huun kisi jannat-e-jamaal se main
gunaah kartaa huaa nekiyaan kamaataa huaa

tujhe khabar nahin is baat ki abhi shaayad
ki teraa ho to gayaa huun magar main huun us kaa

tumhein fursat ho duniyaa se to ham se aa ke milnaa
hamaare paas fursat ke sivaa kyaa rah gayaa hai

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

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

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

vo na aaegaa hamein maalum thaa is shaam bhi
intizaar us kaa magar kuchh soch kar karte rahe

ret par ik nishaan hai shaayad
ye hamaaraa makaan hai shaayad