aql thak kar lauT aai jaada-e-aalaam se — Amir Usmani

thi siyaahiyon kaa maskan miri zindagi ki vaadi
tire husn ke tasadduq mujhe raushni dikhaa di

ye qadam qadam balaaein ye savaad-e-ku-e-jaanaan
vo yahin se lauT jaae jise zindagi ho piyaari

chand alfaaz ke moti hain mire daaman mein
hai magar teri mohabbat kaa taqaazaa kuchh aur

baaqi hi kyaa rahaa hai tujhe maangne ke baad
bas ik duaa mein chhuT gae har duaa se ham

aablon kaa shikva kyaa Thokaron kaa gham kaisaa
aadmi mohabbat mein sab ko bhuul jaataa hai

ishq sar-taa-ba-qadam aatish-e-sozaan hai magar
us mein shola na sharaara na dhuaan hotaa hai

jinhein ye fikr nahin sar rahe rahe na rahe
vo sach hi kahte hain jab bolne pe aate hain

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

gaaDi mein bhi ghar ko soche jaataa huun
gaaDi aage aur main pichhe jaataa huun

ye ilm kaa saudaa ye risaale ye kitaabein
ik shakhs ki yaadon ko bhulaane ke liye hain

soch din raat yahi hai tire divaane ki
jaaiye shahr ko par chhoDiye sahraa kyunkar

ikaTThe kar ke teri dusri tasvir khinchungaa
vo sab jalve jo chhan chhan kar tiri chilman se nikleinge