tum itnaa jo muskuraa rahe ho — Kaifi Azmi

peD ke kaaTne vaalon ko ye maalum to thaa
jism jal jaaeinge jab sar pe na saaya hogaa

gar Dubnaa hi apnaa muqaddar hai to suno
Dubeinge ham zarur magar naakhudaa ke saath

ghurbat ki ThanDi chhaanv mein yaad aai us ki dhuup
qadr-e-vatan hui hamein tark-e-vatan ke baad

ik khvaab khushi kaa dekhaa nahin dekhaa jo kabhi to bhuul gae
maangaa huaa tum kuchh de na sake jo tum ne diyaa vo sahne do

divaarein to har taraf khaDi hain
kyaa ho gae mehrbaan saae

dil ki naazuk ragein TuTti hain
yaad itnaa bhi koi na aae

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

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

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

tujhe bhi dekh liyaa ham ne o khudaa-e-ajal
ki teraa zor chalaa bhi to ahl-e-gham pe chalaa

tum jo chaaho to mire dard kaa darmaan ho jaae
varna mushkil hai ki mushkil miri aasaan ho jaae

nur-e-sahar kahaan hai agar shaam-e-gham gai
kab iltifaat thaa ki jo khu-e-sitam gai