bahut kaDaa thaa vo lamha judaa hue jis pal — Fakhira Batool

naam tumhaaraa haath pe likhnaa yaad rahaa
ham us ko taqdir banaanaa bhuul gae

aap ki jaanib se aae to uThaa kar rakh liye
pattharon se ghar sajaane kaa kabhi sochaa na thaa

us se bichhaD ke dil kaa huaa hai ajiib haal
paane ki aarzu gai khone kaa Dar gayaa

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

kyon tasavvur mein ji rahaa huun main
jab haqiqat mein mar hi jaanaa hai

duniyaa gharib jaan ke hansti thi 'mir' par
'iqbaal' mujh pe aise ye duniyaa hansi ki bas

na jaane us ne khule aasmaan mein kyaa dekhaa
parinda phir se jahaan-e-qafas mein lauT aayaa

barsaat kaa baadal to divaana hai kyaa jaane
kis raah se bachnaa hai kis chhat ko bhigonaa hai

vo kuchh muskuraanaa vo kuchh jheinp jaanaa
javaani adaaein sikhaati hain kyaa kyaa