zehn jab fikr ke hisaar mein thaa — Naeem Najmi

zindagi ko 'azaab hone do
husn ko be-naqaab hone do

raushni saare ghar mein hoti thi
ham ne dekhaa hai laalTain kaa daur

mujh se baatein karo mohabbat ki
taalib-e-'ilm huun main urdu kaa

ek jalte bujhte manzar ke havaale kar diyaa
zindagi tujh ko muqaddar ke havaale kar diyaa

dekhaa mujhe to kahne lage tu ye kis liye
dastak diye baghair mire ghar mein aa gayaa

mere hi jism ke zindaan mein mujhe ai 'najmi'
qaid kar rakkhaa hai khud meri anaa ne mujh ko

jinhein ye fikr nahin sar rahe rahe na rahe
vo sach hi kahte hain jab bolne pe aate hain

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

jab bhi aql banaati hai pahlaa misraa
dil ko misra-e-saani honaa paDtaa hai

soch din raat yahi hai tire divaane ki
jaaiye shahr ko par chhoDiye sahraa kyunkar

ikaTThe kar ke teri dusri tasvir khinchungaa
vo sab jalve jo chhan chhan kar tiri chilman se nikleinge

kitnaa sochaa thaa dil lagaaeinge
sochte sochte hayaat hui