khaak mein daulat-e-pindaar-o-anaa milti hai — Iftikhar Arif

main zindagi ki duaa maangne lagaa huun bahut
jo ho sake to duaaon ko be-asar kar de

hamin mein rahte hain vo log bhi ki jin ke sabab
zamin buland hui aasmaan ke hote hue

dayaar-e-nur mein tira-shabon kaa saathi ho
koi to ho jo miri vahshaton kaa saathi ho

main chup rahaa ki vazaahat se baat baDh jaati
hazaar sheva-e-husn-e-bayaan ke hote hue

subh savere ran paDnaa hai aur ghamsaan kaa ran
raaton raat chalaa jaae jis ko jaanaa hai

raas aane lagi duniyaa to kahaa dil ne ki jaa
ab tujhe dard ki daulat nahin milne vaali

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

na jaanaa ki duniyaa se jaataa hai koi
bahut der ki mehrbaan aate aate

aa ke bazm-e-sher mein shart-e-vafaa puuri to kar
jitnaa khaanaa khaa gayaa hai utni mazduri to kar

kam-zarf mezbaan ki daa'vat nahin qubul
thoDi bahut pilaa ke jataanaa hai baar baar

bhari duniyaa mein faqat mujh se nigaahein na churaa
ishq par bas na chalegaa tiri daanaai kaa