uD gae saare parinde mausamon ki chaah mein — Ambareen Haseeb Ambar

jo tum ho to ye kaise maan luun main
ki jo kuchh hai yahaan bas ik gumaan hai

duniyaa to ham se haath milaane ko aai thi
ham ne hi eatibaar dobaara nahin kiyaa

is aarzi duniyaa mein har baat adhuri hai
har jiit hai laa-haasil har maat adhuri hai

ham to sunte the ki mil jaate hain bichhDe hue log
tu jo bichhDaa hai to kyaa vaqt ne gardish nahin ki

faisla bichhaDne kaa kar liyaa hai jab tum ne
phir miri tamannaa kyaa phir miri ijaazat kyuun

taalluq jo bhi rakkho soch lenaa
ki ham rishta nibhaanaa jaante hain

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

pyaaso raho na dasht mein baarish ke muntazir
maaro zamin pe paanv ki paani nikal paDe

apni choTi mein baandh kar jugnu
shab tiraa intizaar karti hai

muntazir huun tiri aavaaz se tasvir talak
ek vaqfa hi to darkaar thaa milne ke liye

ye aarzu ke sitaare ye intizaar ke phuul
chamak rahi hain khataaein mahak rahe hain gunaah

shab-e-intizaar ki kashmakash mein na puchh kaise sahar hui
kabhi ik charaagh jalaa diyaa kabhi ik charaagh bujhaa diyaa