safar nigal gae ham ko vagarna ham ne bhi — Aqeel Abbas

jaane is vaqt kahaan phone paDaa ho us kaa
jaane is vaqt vo kis shakhs ki aaghosh mein ho

sipah-gari kaa hunar bhi sukhan-vari bhi ho
main chaahtaa huun ki lashkar bhi ho pari bhi ho

ek bosa udhaar hai tum par
aur chaae bhi tez patti ki

khudaa ko khat likhungaa khud-kushi kaa
likhungaa main resign kar rahaa huun

us ki aankhon pe mire paas koi she'r nahin
ek mazmun hai mazmun bhi tafsili hai

lams-e-husn-e-'ajib ki khvaahish
sar uThaati thi maar di main ne

kyon tasavvur mein ji rahaa huun main
jab haqiqat mein mar hi jaanaa hai

apni anaa ki aaj bhi taskin ham ne ki
ji bhar ke us ke husn ki tauhin ham ne ki

vo kuchh muskuraanaa vo kuchh jheinp jaanaa
javaani adaaein sikhaati hain kyaa kyaa

DhunDne vaale ghalat-fahmi main the
vo anaa ke saath apne sur mein thaa

nayaa chaar din mein puraanaa huaa
yahi sab huaa to nayaa kyaa huaa

hamein to khvaab kaa ik shahr aankhon mein basaanaa thaa
aur is ke baa'd mar jaane kaa sapnaa dekh lenaa thaa