agli naslein kar sakein tafriq-e-duniyaa-o-iram — Ateeb Quadri

jin ki ungli thaam ke chalnaa sikhaa thaa
haae ab un ko buDhaa hote dekhnaa hai

koi kashti kahin maghrur ho jaae na paani mein
sukut-e-bahr ko qasdan talaatum honaa paDtaa hai

tumhaare hijr mein jab bhi calendar par nigaah Daali
sitambar ke mahine ko sitamgar hi paDhaa main ne

puchhne vaalon ne puchhaa haath kaise jal gayaa
kaise batlaaein kisi ke dil pe rakkhaa thaa kabhi

hamaare sar pe pech-o-kham kaa ye saafa viraasat hai
ki tum pagDi samajhte ho jise ham taaj kahte hain

shaahraahein dafatan shoale ugalne lag gaiin
ghar ki jaanib chal paDaa hai shahr gheraa kar tamaam

zamaana mujh se judaa ho gayaa zamaana huaa
rahaa hai ab to bichhaDne ko mujh se tu baaqi

tumhein fursat ho duniyaa se to ham se aa ke milnaa
hamaare paas fursat ke sivaa kyaa rah gayaa hai

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

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

main jis mein rah na sakaa ji-huzuriyon ke sabab
ye aadmi hai usi kaamyaab mausam kaa