aansu ponchhe dukh baanTe insaanon ke — Arif Shafiq

mujhe khudaa ne vo bakhshaa hai shaa'iri kaa hunar
jo khvaab dekhtaa huun vo dikhaa bhi saktaa huun

yaqin ab ho gayaa main sach huun 'aarif
jabhi duniyaa mujhe jhuTlaa rahi hai

gharib-e-shahr to faaqe se mar gayaa 'aarif'
amir-e-shahr ne hiire se khud-kushi kar li

andhe adam vajud ke girdaab se nikal
ye zindagi bhi khvaab hai tu khvaab se nikal

'aarif vo faisle ki ghaDi bhi 'ajib thi
dil ko sanbhaalnaa paDaa mizaan ki tarah

'aarif'-husain dhokaa sahi apni zindagi
is zindagi ke baa'd ki haalat bhi hai fareb

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

dabaa sakaa na sadaa us ki teri bazm kaa shor
khamosh rah ke bhi koi sadaa banaa huaa hai

ashk-e-gham dida-e-pur-nam se sambhaale na gae
ye vo bachche hain jo maan baap se paale na gae

jaan dene ke sivaa aur bhi tadbir karun
varna ye baat to ham us se sadaa kahte hain