taaq par juzdaan mein lipTi duaaein rah gaiin — Iftikhar Naseem

us ke chehre ki chamak ke saamne saada lagaa
aasmaan pe chaand puuraa thaa magar aadhaa lagaa

agarche phuul ye apne liye kharide hain
koi jo puchhe to kah dungaa us ne bheje hain

is qadar bhi to na jazbaat pe qaabu rakkho
thak gae ho to mire kaandhe pe baazu rakkho

hazaar talkh hon yaadein magar vo jab bhi mile
zabaan pe achchhe dinon kaa hi zaaiqa rakhnaa

kaTi hai umr kisi aabdoz kashti mein
safar tamaam huaa aur kuchh nahin dekhaa

mujh se nafrat hai agar us ko to izhaar kare
kab main kahtaa huun mujhe pyaar hi kartaa jaae

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

gham hai na ab khushi hai na ummid hai na yaas
sab se najaat paae zamaane guzar gae

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

zamaana mujh se judaa ho gayaa zamaana huaa
rahaa hai ab to bichhaDne ko mujh se tu baaqi

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

hasin khvaab ko sachchaa samajh rahaa hai koi
faqat gumaan ko duniyaa samajh rahaa hai koi