aankh kis lafz pe bhar aai hai — Khalid Sharif

bichhDaa kuchh is adaa se ki rut hi badal gai
ik shakhs saare shahr ko viraan kar gayaa

'khaalid' main baat baat pe kahtaa thaa jis ko jaan
vo shakhs aakhirash mujhe be-jaan kar gayaa

aasmaan jhaank rahaa hai 'khaalid'
chaand kamre mein mire utraa hai

naakaam hasraton ke sivaa kuchh nahin rahaa
duniyaa mein ab dukhon ke sivaa kuchh nahin rahaa

tum khush raho hamaari duaa hai tamaam-umr
apni to khair jaisi bhi guzri guzar gai

aaj kuchh rang digar hai mire ghar kaa 'khaalid'
sochtaa huun ye tiri yaad hai yaa khud tu hai

main baDaa ho gayaa huun magar bachpanaa
mere dil se kabhi bhi gayaa hi nahin

'saif' andaaz-e-bayaan rang badal detaa hai
varna duniyaa mein koi baat nai baat nahin

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

kunj-e-hairat se chale dasht-e-ziyaan tak laae
kaun laa saktaa hai ham dil ko jahaan tak laae

tum ne kyuun dil mein jagah di hai buton ko 'saabir'
tum ne kyuun kaaba ko but-khaana banaa rakkhaa hai

pahli nazar bhi aap ki uff kis balaa ki thi
ham aaj tak vo choT hain dil par liye hue