thi chheD usi taraf se varna — Ismail Merathi

dariyaa ki tarah ravaan huun lekin
ab tak bhi vahin huun main jahaan huun

haan dil-e-be-taab chande intizaar
amn-o-raahat kaa Thikaana aur hai

roz-e-jazaa mein aakhir puchhaa na jaaegaa kyaa
teraa ye chup lagaanaa meraa savaal karnaa

samajhte hain sheron ko bhi narm chaara
ghazaalaan-e-shahri se hoshyaar rahnaa

hai ashk-o-aah raas hamaare mizaaj ko
yaani pale hue isi aab-o-havaa ke hain

dilbari jazb-e-mohabbat kaa karishma hai faqat
kuchh karaamat nahin jaadu nahin eajaaz nahin

miri tamannaa hai ab ke tum phir milo to ji bhar ke muskuraaein
ki dekhnaa hai ye raushni kaa safar bahut der baa'd jaa kar

khvaahishein khuun mein utri hain sahifon ki tarah
in kitaabon mein tire haath ki tahrir bhi hai

isi hasrat mein kaTi raah-e-hayaat
koi do-chaar qadam saath chale

mai-e-kohna na sahi khun-e-tamannaa hi sahi
ek paimaana mire saamne laayaa to gayaa

tamannaaon mein uljhaayaa gayaa huun
khilaune de ke bahlaayaa gayaa huun

main muntazir huun teri tamannaa liye hue
aa jaa farogh-e-husn ki duniyaa liye hue