udaasi ki tijaarat kar rahe hain — Mahwar Sirsivi

vo apne ‘abd-e-haqiqi ko aazmaataa hai
har ik bashar kaa yahaan imtihaan nahin hotaa

vaqt ke paanv bhi nahin mehvar
aur raftaar bhi ghazab ki hai

ghaur se dekhnaa hanste hue chehre ki taraf
ek manzar pas-e-manzar kai manzar degaa

aaj gar bole nahin haq baat par
kal sitam honge tumhaari zaat par

ulfat to dekhiye miri didaar ke sabab
darvesh ban ke yaar ki chaukhaT pe aa gayaa

ek muddat se niind taari hai
ek muddat se so nahin paae

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

go mujhe ehsaas-e-tanhaai rahaa shiddat ke saath
kaaT di aadhi sadi ek ajnabi aurat ke saath

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