khud pukaaregi jo manzil to Thahar jaaungaa — Muzaffar Razmi

ye jabr bhi dekhaa hai taarikh ki nazron ne
lamhon ne khataa ki thi sadiyon ne sazaa paai

mere maahaul mein har samt bure log nahin
kuchh bhale bhi mire hamraah chale aate hain

is raaz ko kyaa jaanein saahil ke tamaashaai
ham Duub ke samjhe hain dariyaa tiri gahraai

mujh ko haalaat mein uljhaa huaa rahne de yunhi
main tiri zulf nahin huun jo sanvar jaaungaa

mere daaman mein agar kuchh na rahegaa baaqi
agli naslon ko duaa de ke chalaa jaaungaa

koi saughaat-e-vafaa de ke chalaa jaaungaa
tujh ko jiine ki adaa de ke chalaa jaaungaa

shaahraahein dafatan shoale ugalne lag gaiin
ghar ki jaanib chal paDaa hai shahr gheraa kar tamaam

miri tamannaa hai ab ke tum phir milo to ji bhar ke muskuraaein
ki dekhnaa hai ye raushni kaa safar bahut der baa'd jaa kar

yuun to maujud apne ghar mein hai
aadmi mustaqil safar mein hai

safar mein aise kai marhale bhi aate hain
har ek moD pe kuchh log chhuT jaate hain

yaar bhi raah ki divaar samajhte hain mujhe
main samajhtaa thaa mire yaar samajhte hain mujhe

kaabe chaltaa huun par itnaa to bataa
mai-kada koi hai zaahid raah mein