badan ki aanch se sanvlaa gae hain pairaahan — Bekal Utsahi

har ek lahza miri dhaDkanon mein chubhti thi
ajiib chiiz mire dil ke aas-paas rahi

chaandi ke gharondon ki jab baat chali hogi
miTTi ke khilaunon se bahlaae gae honge

biich saDak ik laash paDi thi aur ye likkhaa thaa
bhuuk mein zahrili roTi bhi miThi lagti hai

log to jaa ke samundar ko jalaa aae hain
main jise phunk kar aayaa vo miraa ghar niklaa

khudaa kare miraa munsif sazaa sunaane par
miraa hi sar mire qaatil ke ru-ba-ru rakh de

yuun to kai kitaabein paDhin zehn mein magar
mahfuz ek saada varaq der tak rahaa

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

yuun to maujud apne ghar mein hai
aadmi mustaqil safar mein hai

miri tamannaa hai ab ke tum phir milo to ji bhar ke muskuraaein
ki dekhnaa hai ye raushni kaa safar bahut der baa'd jaa kar

safar mein aise kai marhale bhi aate hain
har ek moD pe kuchh log chhuT jaate hain

khud hi jaane lage the aur khud hi
raasta rok kar khaDe hue hain

zamin ki god mein itnaa sukun thaa 'anjum'
ki jo gayaa vo safar ki thakaan bhuul gayaa