haan ai ghubaar-e-aashnaa main bhi thaa ham-safar tiraa — Idris Babar

pachaas miil hai khushki se bahriya-town
bas ek ghanTe mein achchhaa zamaana aataa hai

kahaaniyon ne miri aadatein bigaaDi thiin
main sirf sach ko zafar-yaab dekh saktaa thaa

dil ki ik ek kharaabi kaa sabab jaante hain
phir bhi mumkin hai ki ham tum se muravvat kar jaaein

reg-e-dil mein kai naadida parinde bhi hain dafn
sochte honge ki dariyaa ki ziyaarat kar jaaein

koi bhi dil mein zaraa jam ke khaak uDaataa to
hazaar gauhar-e-naayaab dekh saktaa thaa

ik khauf-zada saa shakhs ghar tak
pahunchaa kai raaston mein baT kar

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

yuun to maujud apne ghar mein hai
aadmi mustaqil safar mein hai

miri tamannaa hai ab ke tum phir milo to ji bhar ke muskuraaein
ki dekhnaa hai ye raushni kaa safar bahut der baa'd jaa kar

safar mein aise kai marhale bhi aate hain
har ek moD pe kuchh log chhuT jaate hain

lailaa chali thi haj ke liye jazb-e-ishq se
naaqa machal ke najd ki manzil mein rah gayaa

ab ki jo raah-e-mohabbat mein uThaai taklif
sakht hoti hamein manzil kabhi aisi to na thi