mere andar koi taktaa rahaa rasta us kaa — Aziz Bano Darab Wafa

ahmiyat kaa mujhe apni bhi to andaaza hai
tum gae vaqt ki maanind ganvaa do mujh ko

main ne ye soch ke boe nahin khvaabon ke darakht
kaun jangal mein uge peD ko paani degaa

ek muddat se khayaalon mein basaa hai jo shakhs
ghaur karte hain to us kaa koi chehra bhi nahin

ham aise surmaa hain laD ke jab haalaat se palTe
to baDh ke zindagi ne pesh kiin baisaakhiyaan ham ko

main jab bhi us ki udaasi se uub jaaungi
to yuun hansegaa ki mujh ko udaas kar degaa

aaj kam-az-kam khvaabon hi mein mil ke pi lete hain, kal
shaayad khvaabon mein bhi khaali paimaane Takraaein log

jinhein ye fikr nahin sar rahe rahe na rahe
vo sach hi kahte hain jab bolne pe aate hain

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

baazi-gaah-e-daar-o-rasan mein mai-kada-e-fikr-o-fan mein
ham rindon se raunaq hai ham durveshon se mele hain

kuchh karo fikr mujh divaane ki
dhuum hai phir bahaar aane ki

main dastaras se tumhaari nikal bhi saktaa huun
ye soch lo ki main rasta badal bhi saktaa huun

sarhadein achchhi ki sarhad pe na ruknaa achchhaa
sochiye aadmi achchhaa ki parinda achchhaa