bahut barbaad hain lekin sadaa-e-inqalaab aae — Ali Sardar Jafri

inqalaab aaegaa raftaar se maayus na ho
bahut aahista nahin hai jo bahut tez nahin

sau milin zindagi se saughaatein
ham ko aavaargi hi raas aai

puraane saal ki ThiThuri hui parchhaaiyaan simTin
nae din kaa nayaa suraj ufuq par uThtaa aataa hai

daaman jhaTak ke vaadi-e-gham se guzar gayaa
uTh uTh ke dekhti rahi gard-e-safar mujhe

shikaayatein bhi bahut hain hikaayatein bhi bahut
mazaa to jab hai ki yaaron ke ru-ba-ru kahiye

ye kis ne phone pe di saal-e-nau ki tahniyat mujh ko
tamannaa raqs karti hai takhayyul gungunaataa hai

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

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

jab ki pahlu se yaar uThtaa hai
dard be-ikhtiyaar uThtaa hai

ham ne avval to kabhi us ko pukaaraa hi nahin
aur pukaaraa to pukaaraa bhi sadaaon ke baghair

ye tiraa hijr ataa dard ataa karb ataa
ab 'ataa' kaise jiye teri ataaon ke baghair

ye chaadar ek alaamat bani hui thi yahaan
dar-asl gham kaa libaada bahut zaruri thaa