ye vasl ki rut hai ki judaai kaa hai mausam — 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

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

dil ke zakhmon ko sajaane kaa hunar rakhtaa huun
mustaqil main tiri yaadon kaa safar rakhtaa huun

vaqt ke saath badalnaa to bahut aasaan thaa
mujh se har vaqt mukhaatib rahi ghairat meri

zaraa badlungaa is be-manzari ko
phir us ke baad mar jaaungaa main bhi

ek khabar hai tere liye
dil par patthar bhaari rakh