ek raushan dimaagh thaa na rahaa — Altaf Hussain Hali

aa rahi hai chaah-e-yusuf se sadaa
dost yaan thoDe hain aur bhaai bahut

jaanvar aadmi farishta khudaa
aadmi ki hain saikaDon qismein

ham ne avval se paDhi hai ye kitaab aakhir tak
ham se puchhe koi hoti hai mohabbat kaisi

gul-o-gulchin kaa gila bulbul-e-khush-lahja na kar
tu giraftaar hui apni sadaa ke baais

ronaa hai ye ki aap bhi hanste the varna yaan
taan-e-raqib dil pe kuchh aisaa giraan na thaa

farishte se baDh kar hai insaan bannaa
magar is mein lagti hai mehnat ziyaada

ret par ik nishaan hai shaayad
ye hamaaraa makaan hai shaayad

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

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

kaho kyaa mehrbaan naa-mehrbaan taqdir hoti hai
kahaa maan ki duaaon mein baDi taasir hoti hai

aasmaan jhaank rahaa hai 'khaalid'
chaand kamre mein mire utraa hai

ghulaami mein na kaam aati hain shamshirein na tadbirein
jo ho zauq-e-yaqin paidaa to kaT jaati hain zanjirein