ab main huun aur khvaab-e-pareshaan hai mere saath — Barqi Azmi

samajh rahaa thaa jise khair-khvaah main apnaa
vahi hai dushman-e-jaan meraa sab se baDh kar aaj

ruThne aur manaane ke ehsaas mein hai ik kaif-o-surur
main ne hamesha use manaayaa vo bhi mujhe manaae to

is haal mein kab tak yunhi ghuT ghuT ke jiyungaa
ruThaa hai vo aise ki manaa bhi nahin saktaa

huaa karbalaa mein jo qurbaan 'barqi'
husain ibn-e-haidar kaa vo khaandaan thaa

chappa chappa us ki gali kaa rahaa hai mere zer-e-qadam
josh-e-junun se azm-e-safar tak ek kahaani biich mein hai

ajab khun-chakaan karbalaa kaa samaan thaa
the sab tishna-lab aur dariyaa ravaan thaa

mere khvaabon ke jharokon ko sajaate rahiye
na sahi vasl magar yaad to aate rahiye

hamaaraa ishq ravaan hai rukaavaTon mein 'zafar'
ye khvaab hai kisi divaar se nahin ruktaa

ik yaqin-parvar gumaan aur ik hayaat-aamez khvaab
jaise koi aaegaa aur uljhanein le jaaegaa

andheri shab kaa ye khvaab-manzar mujhe ujaalon se bhar rahaa hai
to raat itni tavil kar de ki taa-qayaamat sahar na aae

khvaab Thahre the to aankhein bhigne se bach gaiin
varna chehre par to gham ki baarishon kaa aks hai

hasin khvaab ko sachchaa samajh rahaa hai koi
faqat gumaan ko duniyaa samajh rahaa hai koi