palaT ke aae na aae koi sune na sune — Khalid Iqbal Yasir

inhein dar-e-khvaab-gaah se kis liye haTaayaa
muhaafizon ki vafaa-shiaari mein kyaa kami thi

rahti hai saath saath koi khush-gavaar yaad
tujh se bichhaD ke teri rifaaqat gai nahin

bhuul jaanaa thaa jise sabt hai dil par mere
yaad rakhnaa thaa jise us ko bhulaa baiThaa huun

haan ye mumkin hai magar itnaa zaruri bhi nahin
jo koi pyaar mein haaraa vahi fankaar huaa

lagtaa hai zinda rahne ki hasrat gai nahin
mar ke bhi saans lene ki aadat gai nahin

jaisi nigaah thi tiri vaisaa fusun huaa
jo kuchh tire khayaal mein thaa jun-kaa-tun huaa

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

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

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

ye saal tul-e-masaafat se chuur chuur gayaa
ye ek saal to guzraa hai ik sadi ki tarah

kisi ki yaad manaane mein iid guzregi
so shahr-e-dil mein bahut duur tak udaasi hai

aisi taraqqi par to ronaa bantaa hai
jis mein dahshat-gard corona bantaa hai