aur baazaar se kyaa le jaaun — Mohammad Alvi

main us ke badan ki muqaddas kitaab
nihaayat aqidat se paDhtaa rahaa

kamre mein maze ki raushni ho
achchhi si koi kitaab dekhun

nayaa saal divaar par Taang de
puraane baras kaa calendar giraa

donon ke dil mein khauf thaa maidaan-e-jang mein
donon kaa khauf faasla thaa darmiyaan kaa

bulaa rahaa thaa koi chikh chikh kar mujh ko
kuein mein jhaank ke dekhaa to main hi andar thaa

us se bichhaDte vaqt main royaa thaa khub-saa
ye baat yaad aai to pahron hansaa kiyaa

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

sach ishq mein hain aashiq o maashuq baraabar
jo mushkil-e-majnun hai so hai mushkil-e-lailaa

kyaa isi ne ye kiyaa matla-e-abru mauzun
tum jo kahte ho sukhan-go hai baDi meri aankh

barsaat tham chuki hai magar har shajar ke paas
itnaa to hai ki aap kaa daaman bhigo sake

aisi hi ek shab mein kisi se milaa thaa dil
baarish ke saath saath barasti hai raushni

kaam us ke lab se hai mujhe bint-ul-inab se kyaa
hai aab-e-zindagi bhi to le jaae murda-sho