ik manzil-e-safar bhi to ab tak nahin mili — Ali Raza Aseer

Daraavnaa hai bahut hai baDaa ghanaa jangal
nikal na paaoge is se hai ik anaa jangal

saanson ko bu-e-zist se kafnaa diyaa gayaa
khaak-e-badan mein ruuh ko dafnaa diyaa gayaa

parinde dekh kar us shakhs ko par phaDphaDaate hain
jo qaid-e-dil hai zaahir mein magar aazaad lagtaa hai

Tahal rahaa hai ik aansu labon ke paas miraa
bigaaD kuchh nahin sakti hai ab ye pyaas miraa

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

yaar bhi raah ki divaar samajhte hain mujhe
main samajhtaa thaa mire yaar samajhte hain mujhe

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

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

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

ham ko sambhaaltaa koi kyaa raah-e-ishq mein
khaa khaa ke Thokarein hamin aakhir sambhal gae