ham baDe ahl-e-khirad bante the ye kyaa ho gayaa — Irfan Siddiqi

bhuul jaaoge ki rahte the yahaan dusre log
kal phir aabaad kareinge ye makaan dusre log

sham-e-khema koi zanjir nahin ham-safaraan
jis ko jaanaa hai chalaa jaae ijaazat kaisi

us ki aankhein hain ki ik Dubne vaalaa insaan
dusre Dubne vaale ko pukaare jaise

khiraaj maang rahi hai vo shaah-baanu-e-shahr
so ham bhi hadiya-e-dast-e-talab guzaarte hain

hoshiyaari dil-e-naadaan bahut kartaa hai
ranj kam sahtaa hai elaan bahut kartaa hai

nafrat ke khazaane mein to kuchh bhi nahin baaqi
thoDaa saa guzaare ke liye pyaar bachaaein

jinhein ye fikr nahin sar rahe rahe na rahe
vo sach hi kahte hain jab bolne pe aate hain

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

charaag-e-ilm raushan-dil hai teraa
andheraa kar diyaa hai raushni ne

kabhi ye fikr ki vo yaad kyuun kareinge hamein
kabhi khayaal ki khat kaa javaab aaegaa

raushni mein apni shakhsiyat pe jab bhi sochnaa
apne qad ko apne saae se bhi kam-tar dekhnaa

go hai anaa-parast magar dost bhi to hai
dil ko ye soch kar hi kushaada hai kar liyaa