sarhad-e-jaan talak qalam-rau dil — Iqbal Khusro Qadri

main nahin miltaa kisi se
band phaaTak boltaa hai

jab saaya bhi shishe ki tarah TuuT gayaa
divaar ne dekhaa ye tamaasha na kabhi

band aankhon mein saaraa tamaasha dekh rahaa thaa
rasta rasta meraa rasta dekh rahaa thaa

rotaa hai koi kisi ke gham mein
sab apne hi dukh bichaarte hain

ye aansu ponchh lijiye aur muskuraaiye
chaara nahin hai koi bhi rukhsat kiye baghair

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

jab ki pahlu se yaar uThtaa hai
dard be-ikhtiyaar uThtaa hai

is naghmagi kaa thoDaa gunah-gaar main bhi huun
mujh se bhi is jahaan mein halchal rahi hai dost

sitam to ye hai ki vo bhi na ban sakaa apnaa
qubul ham ne kiye jis ke gham khushi ki tarah

go mujhe ehsaas-e-tanhaai rahaa shiddat ke saath
kaaT di aadhi sadi ek ajnabi aurat ke saath