saare to nahin jaan bachaane mein lage hain — Junaid Akhtar

tum ko sote mein bhi kab aankh uThaa kar dekhaa
ham ne khvaabon mein bhi aaankhon ki nigah-daari ki

raah-e-talab mein daam-o-diram chhoD jaaeinge
likh lo hamaare sher baDe kaam aaeinge

rakhte hain mohabbat ko taghaaful mein chhupaa kar
parvaa hi to karte hain jo parvaa nahin karte

vo to bas jhuTi tasalli ko kahaa thaa tum se
ham to apne bhi nahin, khaak tumhaare hote

main bhalaa haath duaaon ko uThaataa kaise
us ne chhoDi hi nahin koi zarurat baaqi

yaqin khud uTh gayaa hai mujh se meraa
miri itni taraf-daari hui hai

kyon tasavvur mein ji rahaa huun main
jab haqiqat mein mar hi jaanaa hai

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

na jaane us ne khule aasmaan mein kyaa dekhaa
parinda phir se jahaan-e-qafas mein lauT aayaa

ijz-o-niyaaz apnaa apni taraf hai saaraa
is musht-e-khaak ko ham masjud jaante hain

vo kuchh muskuraanaa vo kuchh jheinp jaanaa
javaani adaaein sikhaati hain kyaa kyaa

miri chashm-e-tan-aasaan ko basirat mil gai jab se
bahut jaani hui surat bhi pahchaani nahin jaati