sochtaa huun ki us ki yaad aakhir — Jaun Elia

ek hi to havas rahi hai hamein
apni haalat tabaah ki jaae

aaj bahut din baa'd main apne kamre tak aa niklaa thaa
juun hi darvaaza kholaa hai us ki khushbu aai hai

shishe ke is taraf se main sab ko tak rahaa huun
marne ki bhi kisi ko fursat nahin hai mujh mein

main ab har shakhs se uktaa chukaa huun
faqat kuchh dost hain aur dost bhi kyaa

vo jo na aane vaalaa hai naa us se mujh ko matlab thaa
aane vaalon se kyaa matlab aate hain aate honge

bahut nazdik aati jaa rahi ho
bichhaDne kaa iraada kar liyaa kyaa

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

firaaq mausam ki chilmanon se visaal lamhe chamak uTheinge
udaas shaamon mein kaaghaz-e-dil pe guzre vaqton ke baab likhnaa

apne ehsaas ki shiddat ko bujhaane ke liye
main nai tarz ke khush-fikr risaale maangon

ishq mein fikr to divaana banaa deti hai
pyaar ko aql nahin dil ki panaahon mein rakho

zaat mein jis ki ho Thahraav zamin ki maanind
fikr mein us ki samundar ki si vusat hogi