yuun palak par jagmagaanaa do ghaDi kaa aish hai — Muzaffar Hanfi

aangan mein ye raat ki raani saanpon kaa ghar kaaT ise
kamra albatta suunaa hai kone mein guldaan lagaa

roti hui ek bhiiD mire gird khaDi thi
shaayad ye tamaasha mire hansne ke liye thaa

shukriya reshmi dilaase kaa
tiir to aap ne bhi maaraa thaa

bachpan mein aakaash ko chhutaa saa lagtaa thaa
is pipal ki shaakhein ab kitni nichi hain

bataaein kyaa ki bechaini baDhaate hain vahi aa kar
bahut bechain ham jin ke liye maalum hote hain

bheDiye aur ishtiraak-shudaa
biich mein ik hiran halaak-shudaa

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

vo kuchh muskuraanaa vo kuchh jheinp jaanaa
javaani adaaein sikhaati hain kyaa kyaa

raushni ke liye dil jalaanaa paDaa
kaisi zulmat baDhi tere jaane ke baad

kabhu ronaa kabhu hansnaa kabhu hairaan ho jaanaa
mohabbat kyaa bhale-change ko divaana banaati hai

'dard' ke milne se ai yaar buraa kyuun maanaa
us ko kuchh aur sivaa diid ke manzur na thaa