dard chehra pahan ke aayaa thaa — Aslam Rashid

kuchh sazaa aur baDh gai is par
zakhm khaae to muskuraae kyon

mujh se baahar nikal rahe the sab
main bhi hairaan saa nikal aayaa

din din bhar aaina dekhaa jaataa hai
tab jaa kar do chaar ishaare bante hain

aap kaa to shauq hai jalte gharon ko dekhnaa
aap aankhein nam kareinge aap rahne dijiye

qabr par phuul rakhne aayaa thaa
phir yahin ghar banaa liyaa main ne

hansi un ke labon tak aa gai hai
mukammal ho gayaa ronaa hamaaraa

gham hai na ab khushi hai na ummid hai na yaas
sab se najaat paae zamaane guzar gae

jab ki pahlu se yaar uThtaa hai
dard be-ikhtiyaar uThtaa hai

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

sirf darvaaze talak jaa ke hi lauT aayaa huun
aisaa lagtaa hai ki sadiyon kaa safar kar aayaa

gham-e-dil kaa asar har bazm mein hai
sab afsaane us afsaane se nikle

jis ne duniyaa bhar ke gham apnaae the
us ko duniyaa ne kahaa be-dard thaa