khil rahe hain gulaab zakhmon ke — Ejaz Rahmani

vo ek pal ki rifaaqat bhi kyaa rifaaqat thi
jo de gai hai mujhe umar bhar ki tanhaai

abhi se paanv ke chhaale na dekho
abhi yaaro safar ki ibtidaa hai

taalaab to barsaat mein ho jaate hain kam-zarf
baahar kabhi aape se samundar nahin hotaa

guzar rahaa huun main saudaa-garon ki basti se
badan pe dekhiye kab tak libaas rahtaa hai

jahaan pe Duub gayaa meri aas kaa suraj
usi jagah vo sitaara-shanaas rahtaa hai

fitrat ke taqaaze kabhi badle nahin jaate
khushbu hai agar vo to bikharnaa hi paDegaa

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

kahaan milegi misaal meri sitamgari ki
ki main gulaabon ke zakhm kaanTon se si rahaa huun

main tujh se saath bhi to umar bhar kaa chaahtaa thaa
so ab tujh se gilaa bhi umar bhar kaa ho gayaa hai

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

gulshan-parast huun mujhe gul hi nahin aziiz
kaanTon se bhi nibaah kiye jaa rahaa huun main

fasl-e-gul aate hi vahshat ho gai
phir vahi apni tabiat ho gai