havaa-e-taaza kaa jhonkaa idhar se kyaa guzraa — Khurshid Rabbani

dekh kar bhi na dekhnaa us kaa
ye adaa to buton mein hoti hai

kisi ne meri taraf dekhnaa na thaa 'khurshid'
to be-sabab hi sanvaaraa gayaa thaa kyuun mujh ko

koi nahin jo miTaae miri siyah-bakhti
falak pe kitne sitaare hain jagmagaae hue

tiraa bakhshaa huaa ik zakhm pyaare
chali ThanDi havaa jalne lagaa hai

kis ki khaatir ujaaD raste par
phuul le kar shajar khaDaa huaa thaa

khvaabon ki main ne ek imaarat banaai aur
yaadon kaa us mein ek daricha banaa liyaa

kyon tasavvur mein ji rahaa huun main
jab haqiqat mein mar hi jaanaa hai

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

vo kuchh muskuraanaa vo kuchh jheinp jaanaa
javaani adaaein sikhaati hain kyaa kyaa

ijz-o-niyaaz apnaa apni taraf hai saaraa
is musht-e-khaak ko ham masjud jaante hain

na jaane us ne khule aasmaan mein kyaa dekhaa
parinda phir se jahaan-e-qafas mein lauT aayaa

duniyaa gharib jaan ke hansti thi 'mir' par
'iqbaal' mujh pe aise ye duniyaa hansi ki bas