hasb-e-maa'mul ek moD pe aaj — Mehar Ali

us ek lamhe mein ai dost saath saath hain ham
vo ek lamha jo imkaan mein nahin aayaa

ye soch kar vujud faraamosh kar diyaa
khud se milaa to teri tamanna karungaa main

main nahin jaantaa kahaan huun main
in dinon khud se raabta hi nahin

ik 'umr tere saath chalaa bhi to kyaa milaa
ab sochtaa huun tujh se bichhaD kar hi dekh luun

zard se sabz hotaa jaataa hai
ik shajar intizaar se niklaa

mujh mein ab meri jagah baaqi nahin
main tiri maujudgi se bhar gayaa

vo na aaegaa hamein maalum thaa is shaam bhi
intizaar us kaa magar kuchh soch kar karte rahe

pyaaso raho na dasht mein baarish ke muntazir
maaro zamin pe paanv ki paani nikal paDe

kuchh aisaa kar ki khuld aabaad tak ai 'shaad' jaa pahunchein
abhi tak raah mein vo kar rahe hain intizaar apnaa

ai saalik intizaar-e-haj mein kyaa tu hakka-bakkaa hai
bagule saa to kar le tauf dil pahlu mein makka hai

ai nur-e-jaan-o-dida tire intizaar mein
muddat hui palak suun palak aashnaa naiin

ye intizaar na Thahraa koi balaa Thahri
kisi ki jaan gai aap ki adaa Thahri