pyaas ki saltanat nahin miTti — Ghulam Mohammad Qasir

baghair us ke ab aaraam bhi nahin aataa
vo shakhs jis kaa mujhe naam bhi nahin aataa

pyaar gayaa to kaise milte rang se rang aur khvaab se khvaab
ek mukammal ghar ke andar har tasvir adhuri thi

is tarah qaht-e-havaa ki zad mein hai meraa vajud
aandhiyaan pahchaan leti hain ba-aasaani mujhe

saayon ki zad mein aa gaiin saari ghulaam-gardishein
ab to kaniz ke liye raah-e-faraar bhi nahin

aayaa hai ik raah-numaa ke istiqbaal ko ik bachcha
peT hai khaali aankh mein hasrat haathon mein gul-dasta hai

pahle ik shakhs meri zaat banaa
aur phir puuri kaaenaat banaa

charaagh ki thartharaati lau mein har os qatre mein har kiran mein
tumhaari aankhein kahaan nahin thiin tumhaaraa chehra kahaan nahin thaa

kahun ai zauq kyaa haal-e-shab-e-hijr
ki thi ik ik ghaDi sau sau mahine

ab bhi barsaat ki raaton mein badan TuTtaa hai
jaag uThti hain ajab khvaahishein angDaai ki

aisi duniyaa mein kab tak guzaaraa karein tum hi kah do ki kaise gavaaraa karein
raat mujh se miri bebasi ne kahaa bebasi ke liye ek taaza ghazal

har ek shaakh pe viraaniyaan musallat hain
badan-darakht bhi goyaa hai aashiyaan-e-shab

shor din ko nahin sone detaa
shab ko sannaaTaa jagaa detaa hai