kisi ke dil mein utarnaa hai kaar-e-laa-haasil — Faheem Shanas Kazmi

badalte vaqt ne badle mizaaj bhi kaise
tiri adaa bhi gai meraa baankpan bhi gayaa

tumhaari yaad nikalti nahin mire dil se
nasha chhalaktaa nahin hai sharaab se baahar

jin ko chhu kar kitne 'zaidi' apni jaan ganvaa baiThe
mere ahd ki shahnaazon ke jism baDe zahrile the

phir vahi shaam vahi dard vahi apnaa junun
jaane kyaa yaad thi vo jis ko bhulaae gae ham

bichhaD ke tujh se tiri yaad bhi nahin aai
makaan ki samt palaT kar makin nahin aayaa

usi ne chaand ke pahlu mein ik charaagh rakhaa
usi ne dasht ke zarron ko aaftaab kiyaa

main baDaa ho gayaa huun magar bachpanaa
mere dil se kabhi bhi gayaa hi nahin

'saif' andaaz-e-bayaan rang badal detaa hai
varna duniyaa mein koi baat nai baat nahin

firaaq mausam ki chilmanon se visaal lamhe chamak uTheinge
udaas shaamon mein kaaghaz-e-dil pe guzre vaqton ke baab likhnaa

ye dil ki raah chamakti thi aaine ki tarah
guzar gayaa vo use bhi ghubaar karte hue

dilon ke baab mein kyaa dakhl 'aaftaab-husain'
so baat phail gai mukhtasar banaate hue

tu kahaani ke badalte hue manzar ko samajh
khuun rote hue kirdaar ki jaanib mat dekh