din kisi tarah se kaT jaaegaa saDkon pe 'shafaq' — Farooq Shafaq

zehn ki aavaargi ko bhi panaahein chaahiye
yuun na shamon ko kisi dahliz par rakh kar bujhaa

sunaa hai har ghaDi tu muskuraataa rahtaa hai
mujhe bhi jazb zaraa kar ke jism-o-jaan mein milaa

aaj sochaa hai jaagungaa main raat mein
kachche phal saa mujhe toDtaa kaun hai

shahr mein jiinaa hai chalnaa do-rukhi talvaar par
aadmi kis se bache kis ki taraf-daari kare

apni laghzish ko to ilzaam na degaa koi
log thak-haar ke mujrim hamein Thahraaeinge

hone vaalaa thaa ik haadsa rah gayaa
kal kaa sab se baDaa vaaqia rah gayaa

gham hai na ab khushi hai na ummid hai na yaas
sab se najaat paae zamaane guzar gae

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

jab ki pahlu se yaar uThtaa hai
dard be-ikhtiyaar uThtaa hai

us ne mire mizaaj ki talkhi to dekh li
kyon us ko meri aankh kaa aansu nahin dikhaa

ek rumaal aansuon se bharaa
aur ik khat jalaa huaa mire paas

hijr-e-jaanaan mein bhi aansu nahin aae mere
khushk sahraaon mein barsaat kabhi to hogi