dar badar ki khaak thi taqdir mein — Bilqis Zafirul Hasan

apni to koi baat banaae nahin bani
kuchh ham na kah sake to kuchh us ne nahin suni

hai yuun ki kuchh to baghaavat-sirisht ham bhi hain
sitam bhi us ne zarurat se kuchh ziyaada kiyaa

uTh kar chale gae to kabhi phir na aaeinge
phir laakh tum bulaao sadaaein diyaa karo

dahshat-zada zamin par vahshat bhare makaan ye
is shahr-e-be-amaan kaa aakhir koi khudaa hai

bas ek jaan bachi thi chhiDak di raahon par
dil-e-gharib ne ik ehtimaam saada kiyaa

teri to 'bilqis' niraali hi baatein hain
is duniyaa mein kaise tiraa guzaaraa hogaa