manzar-e-shaam-e-gharibaan hai dam-e-rukhsat-e-khvaab — Azhar Faragh

ye nahin dekhte kitni hai riyaazat kis ki
log aasaan samajh lete hain aasaani ko

bahut se saanp the is ghaar ke dahaane par
dil is liye bhi khazaana shumaar hone lagaa

badal ke dekh chuki hai reaayaa saahib-e-takht
jo sar qalam nahin kartaa zabaan khinchtaa hai

bhanvar se ye jo mujhe baadbaan khinchtaa hai
zarur koi havaaon ke kaan khinchtaa hai

dalil us ke dariche ki pesh ki main ne
kisi ko patli gali se nahin nikalne diyaa

aisi ghurbat ko khudaa ghaarat kare
phuul bhejvaane ki gunjaaish na ho

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

gul kiyaa jis ne vo thaa aur magar
shama ne shikva havaaon se kiyaa

ghazal mein jab talak ehsaas ki shiddat na ho shaamil
faqat alfaaz ki kaarigari mahsus hoti hai

maarka garm to ho lene do khun-rezi kaa
pahle shamshir ke niche hamin jaa baiTheinge

jalte mausam mein koi faarigh nazar aataa nahin
Dubtaa jaataa hai har ik peD apni chhaanv mein

subh ko khul jaaegaa donon mein kyaa yaaraana hai
shama parvaana ki hai yaa shama kaa parvaana hai