phir to tum sar pe uThaa loge zamaane-bhar ko — Inayat Ali Khan

haadse se baDaa saaneha ye huaa
koi Thahraa nahin haadsa dekh kar

us ke rukhsaar pe hai aur tire honT pe til
tilmilaane ki ijaazat nahin di jaaegi

mafaad-e-qaum se naa-aashnaa kirdaar se aari
ye be-peindi ke loTe hain jidhar chaahein luDhak jaaein

is se andesha-e-fardaa ki juein jhaDti hain
sar khujaane ki ijaazat nahin di jaaegi

vo close-up to kisi bhi incloser mein na thaa
apne TV par jo ham ho kar magan dekhaa kiye

ye ho saktaa nahin kyuun paas aakhir
miraa beTaa shariat bill nahin hai

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

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

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

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

pyaaso raho na dasht mein baarish ke muntazir
maaro zamin pe paanv ki paani nikal paDe