taqdir-e-vafaa kaa phuuT jaanaa — Iftikhar Raghib

inkaar hi kar dijiye iqraar nahin to
uljhan hi mein mar jaaegaa bimaar nahin to

'raaghib' vo meri fikr mein khud ko bhi bhuul jaaein
aisi to koi baat nahin chaahtaa thaa main

ji chaahtaa hai jiinaa jazbaat ke mutaabiq
haalaat kar rahe hain haalaat ke mutaabiq

din mein aane lage hain khvaab mujhe
us ne bhejaa hai ik gulaab mujhe

le jaae jahaan chaahe havaa ham ko uDaa kar
TuuTe hue patton ki hikaayat hi alag hai

paDhtaa rahtaa huun aap kaa chehra
achchhi lagti hai ye kitaab mujhe

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

khudaa ke haath mein mat saunp saare kaamon ko
badalte vaqt pe kuchh apnaa ikhtiyaar bhi rakh

barsaat kaa baadal to divaana hai kyaa jaane
kis raah se bachnaa hai kis chhat ko bhigonaa hai

badalte vaqt ne badle mizaaj bhi kaise
tiri adaa bhi gai meraa baankpan bhi gayaa

na ho ehsaas to saaraa jahaan hai be-his-o-murda
gudaaz-e-dil ho to dukhti ragein milti hain patthar mein

thak gayaa hai dil-e-vahshi miraa fariyaad se bhi
ji bahaltaa nahin ai dost tiri yaad se bhi