khaak se tabdil ho kar aab ho jaate hain ham — Mumtaz Iqbal

aah vo aankhein ravaan dariyaa hain aur aisaa ki bas
Duub kar achchhe-bhale tairaak ho jaate hain ham

aap jaam-e-tishnagi bhar dijiye aghyaar kaa
aur yuun kiije hamein auron se kam de dijiye

rozgaar-e-‘ishq bhi ik kaam hai lekin huzur
aap apne ghar kaa ik darbaan kar diije mujhe

miTTi ki taa'zim karo to aur takabbur karti hai
kankar patthar jaise aadam-zaad khudaa ho jaate hain

main baDaa ho gayaa huun magar bachpanaa
mere dil se kabhi bhi gayaa hi nahin

unhein apne dil ki khabrein mire dil se mil rahi hain
main jo un se ruuTh jaaun to payaam tak na pahunche

shama bujh kar rah gai parvaana jal kar rah gayaa
yaadgaar-e-husn-o-ishq ik daagh dil par rah gayaa

main badalte hue haalaat mein Dhal jaataa huun
dekhne vaale adaakaar samajhte hain mujhe

chaand ne taan li hai chaadar-e-abr
ab vo kapDe badal rahi hogi

dil-e-haris hi apnaa na ho sakaa qaane
vagarna tere karam mein to kuchh kami na rahi