donon bahr-e-shola-e-zaat donon asir-e-anaa — Krishna Kumar Toor

us ko khonaa asl mein us ko paanaa hai
haasil kaa hi partav hai laa-haasil mein

bahut kahaa thaa ki tum akele na rah sakoge
bahut kahaa thaa ki ham ko yuun dar-ba-dar na karnaa

kab tak tu aasmaan mein chhup ke baiThegaa
maang rahaa huun main kab se duaa baahar aa

main to thaa maujud kitaab ke lafzon mein
vo hi shaayad mujh ko paDhnaa bhuul gayaa

main vahm huun ki haqiqat ye haal dekhne ko
giraft hotaa huun apnaa visaal dekhne ko

band paDe hain shahar ke saare darvaaze
ye kaisaa aaseb ab ghar ghar lagtaa hai

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

apni anaa ki aaj bhi taskin ham ne ki
ji bhar ke us ke husn ki tauhin ham ne ki

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

kuchh to fitrat se mili daanaai
kuchh mayassar hui naa-daanon se

aap ko khuun ke aansu hi rulaanaa hogaa
haal-e-dil kahne ko ham apnaa agar baiTh gae

zindagi rok ke aksar yahi kahti hai mujhe
tujh ko jaanaa thaa kidhar aur kidhar aa gayaa hai