anaa anaa ke muqaabil hai raah kaise khule — Haneef Kaifi

shab-e-daraaz kaa hai qissa mukhtasar 'kaifi'
hui sahar ke ujaalon mein gum charaagh ki lau

bikhar ke ret hue hain vo khvaab dekhe hain
miri nigaah ne kitne saraab dekhe hain

koi bhi rut ho mili hai dukhon ki fasl hamein
jo mausam aayaa hai us ke itaab dekhe hain

sab nazar aate hain chehre gard gard
kyaa hue be-aab aaine tamaam

apni jaanib nahin ab lauTnaa mumkin meraa
Dhal gayaa huun main saraapaa tire aaine mein

muddatein guzrin mulaaqaat hui thi tum se
phir koi aur na aayaa nazar aaine mein

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

apni anaa ki aaj bhi taskin ham ne ki
ji bhar ke us ke husn ki tauhin ham ne ki

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

ye gum hue hain khayaal-e-visaal-e-jaanaan mein
ki ghar mein phirte hain ham apni justuju karte

jaanib-e-kaaba tu kyuun le gayaa but-khaane se
mujh se divaane ko ai ishq na bahkaanaa thaa

kahin dekhaa hai is haiat kaa maashuq
nazar kiijo muslimaanaan! khudaa-raa