raat meri aankhon mein kuchh ajiib chehre the — Khushbir Singh Shaad

bhanvar jab bhi kisi majbur kashti ko Dubotaa hai
to apni bebasi par duur se saahil taDaptaa hai

ye teraa taaj nahin hai hamaari pagDi hai
ye sar ke saath hi utregi sar kaa hissa hai

'shaad' itni baDh gai hain mere dil ki vahshatein
ab junun mein dasht aur ghar ek jaise ho gae

yahi qatre banaate hain kabhi to ghaas par moti
kabhi shabnam ko ye simaab mein tabdil karte hain

rafta rafta sab tasvirein dhundli hone lagti hain
kitne chehre ek puraane album mein mar jaate hain

ab andheron mein jo ham khauf-zada baiThe hain
kyaa kahein khud hi charaaghon ko bujhaa baiThe hain

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

ye aansu ponchh lijiye aur muskuraaiye
chaara nahin hai koi bhi rukhsat kiye baghair

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

is naghmagi kaa thoDaa gunah-gaar main bhi huun
mujh se bhi is jahaan mein halchal rahi hai dost

sitam to ye hai ki vo bhi na ban sakaa apnaa
qubul ham ne kiye jis ke gham khushi ki tarah

udaas aankhon se aansu nahin nikalte hain
ye motiyon ki tarah sipiyon mein palte hain