na jaane kis tarah bistar mein ghus kar baiTh jaati hain — Ghazanfar

kal tak jo shaffaaf the chehre aavaazon se khaali the
aaDi-tirchhi surkh lakirein un par bhi ab dekhoge

hamaare haath se vo bhi nikal gayaa aakhir
ki jis khayaal mein ham muddaton se khoe the

rafta rafta aankhon ko hairaani de kar jaaegaa
khvaabon kaa ye shauq hamein viraani de kar jaaegaa

daftar mein zehn ghar pe nigah raaste mein paanv
jiine ki kaavishon mein badan haath se gayaa

har ek raat kahin duur bhaag jaataa huun
har ek subh koi mujh ko khinch laataa hai

bach ke duniyaa se ghar chale aae
ghar se bachne magar kidhar jaaein

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

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

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

ijz-o-niyaaz apnaa apni taraf hai saaraa
is musht-e-khaak ko ham masjud jaante hain

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

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