sukun vasl mein itnaa nasib ho ki na ho — Karamat Ali Karamat

main shuaa-e-zaat ke siine mein gunjaa huun kabhi
aur 'karaamat' main kabhi lamhon ke khvaabon mein rahaa

achchhaa hai yaa kharaab nahin is se vaasta
phuTaa huaa ye meraa muqaddar mujhe aziiz

manzil pe bhi pahunch ke mayassar nahin sakun
majbur is qadar hain shuur-e-safar se ham

koi zamin hai to koi aasmaan hai
har shakhs apni zaat mein ik daastaan hai

hamesha aag ke dariyaa mein ishq kyuun utre
kabhi to husn ko gharq-e-azaab honaa thaa

ye apne hi kirdaar kaa hai natija
jo rab ki taraf se ye ham par ghazab hai

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

pyaaso raho na dasht mein baarish ke muntazir
maaro zamin pe paanv ki paani nikal paDe

kise yaqin ki tum dekhne ko aaoge
akhir vaqt magar intizaar aur sahi

muntazir huun main kafan baandh ke sar se 'aajiz'
saamne se koi khanjar nahin aayaa ab tak

ai jamaal-e-be-badal lekin adaa mein be-rukhi
ho gaiin sadiyaan ki chashm-e-tishna teri muntazir

misaal-e-shama jalaa huun dhuaan saa bikhraa huun
main intizaar ki har kaifiyat se guzraa huun