us ko khonaa asl mein us ko paanaa hai — Krishna Kumar Toor

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

sab kaa daaman motiyon se bharne vaale
meri aankh mein bhi ik aansu rakhnaa thaa

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

divaane dil kuun mere shahr sein hargiz nahin banti
agar jangal kaa jaanaa ho to us ki baat sab ban jaa

na vaaiz hajv kar ek din duniyaa se jaanaa hai
are munh saaqi-e-kausar ko bhi aakhir dikhaanaa hai

miTaane vaale hamaaraa hi ghar miTaanaa thaa
chaman mein ek se ek achchhaa aashiyaanaa thaa

be-khudi kucha-e-jaanaan mein liye jaati hai
dekhiye kaun mujhe meri khabar detaa hai