koi qarib se bolaa ki fikr mat kiije — Badr Muneer

muskuraa kar agar vo dekhe to
aaine par nishaan paD jaae

kyaa khabar kaun saa rasta tiri jaanib nikle
be-iraada bhi kai baar safar karte hain

laD rahaa huun main akelaa kaar-zaar-e-hast mein
kar faraaham tu bhi zaalim apne hone kaa javaaz

be-chehra insaanon ki is basti mein
achchhaa hai aaine toD diye jaaein

uqaabi ruuh jab bedaar hoti hai zanaani mein
amaan shauhar ko phir milti nahin is daar-e-faani mein

kunj-e-hairat se chale dasht-e-ziyaan tak laae
kaun laa saktaa hai ham dil ko jahaan tak laae

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

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

maango samundaron se na saahil ki bhiik tum
haan fikr o fan ke vaaste gahraai maang lo

gulaabon ke honTon pe lab rakh rahaa huun
use der tak sochnaa chaahtaa huun

hain dalilein tire khilaaf magar
sochtaa huun tiri himaayat mein

hamein ye fikr hai laahaq ki aise aalam mein
navaab-zaada na huqqe ko bartaraf kar dein