tere mehmaan ke svaagat kaa koi phuul the ham — Haseeb Soz

tu ek saal mein ik saans bhi na ji paayaa
main ek sajde mein sadiyaan kai guzaar gayaa

ye bad-nasibi nahin hai to aur phir kyaa hai
safar akele kiyaa ham-safar ke hote hue

yahaan mazbut se mazbut lohaa TuuT jaataa hai
kai jhuTe ikaTThe hon to sachchaa TuuT jaataa hai

meri sanjida tabiat pe bhi shak hai sab ko
baaz logon ne to bimaar samajh rakkhaa hai

ye intiqaam hai yaa ehtijaaj hai kyaa hai
ye log dhuup mein kyuun hain shajar ke hote hue

vo ek raat ki gardish mein itnaa haar gayaa
libaas pahne rahaa aur badan utaar gayaa

ret par ik nishaan hai shaayad
ye hamaaraa makaan hai shaayad

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

tumhein fursat ho duniyaa se to ham se aa ke milnaa
hamaare paas fursat ke sivaa kyaa rah gayaa hai

kaho kyaa mehrbaan naa-mehrbaan taqdir hoti hai
kahaa maan ki duaaon mein baDi taasir hoti hai

vo na aaegaa hamein maalum thaa is shaam bhi
intizaar us kaa magar kuchh soch kar karte rahe

pyaaso raho na dasht mein baarish ke muntazir
maaro zamin pe paanv ki paani nikal paDe