ik diyaa dil ki raushni kaa safir — 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

haan ai ghubaar-e-aashnaa main bhi thaa ham-safar tiraa
pi gaiin manzilein tujhe khaa gae raaste mujhe

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

main baDaa ho gayaa huun magar bachpanaa
mere dil se kabhi bhi gayaa hi nahin

'saif' andaaz-e-bayaan rang badal detaa hai
varna duniyaa mein koi baat nai baat nahin

kyaa kahein aur dil ke baare mein
ham mulaazim hain is idaare mein

zaraa saa vaqt jo badlaa to ham pe hansne lage
hamaare kaandhe pe sar rakh ke rone vaale log

kyaa ghazab hai tajrabe ki bheinT tum hi chaDh gae
tum se hi sikhaa thaa ham ne dil dukhaane kaa hunar

mashhur ho chuki hai kisi ke labon ki baat
akhbaar-e-dil-baraan ki sabhi surkhiyaan paDho