parvaaz mein thaa amn kaa maasum parinda — Karamat Bukhari

zaruri to nahin ik fasl-e-gul ho
junun ke aur bhi mausam bahut hain

har soch mein sangin fazaaon kaa fasaana
har fikr mein shaamil huaa tahrir kaa maatam

aah to ab bhi dil se uThti hai
lekin us mein asar nahin hotaa

ek nazar mein us ne har ik dil ko jiit liyaa
ek nazar mein us ke ho gae jaane kitne log

main ki tere dhyaan mein gum thaa
duniyaa mujh ko DhunDh rahi thi

muddat se mohabbat ke safar mein huun 'karaamat'
lekin abhi chaahat ke nagar tak nahin pahunchaa

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

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

tumhein fursat ho duniyaa se to ham se aa ke milnaa
hamaare paas fursat ke sivaa kyaa rah gayaa hai

zamaana mujh se judaa ho gayaa zamaana huaa
rahaa hai ab to bichhaDne ko mujh se tu baaqi

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