aakhiri baar aayaa thaa milne koi — Najma Shaheen Khosa

dard ki lahr mein zindagi bah gai
umr yuun kaT gai hijr ki shaam mein

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

maarka garm to ho lene do khun-rezi kaa
pahle shamshir ke niche hamin jaa baiTheinge

ghazal mein jab talak ehsaas ki shiddat na ho shaamil
faqat alfaaz ki kaarigari mahsus hoti hai

yaad aati hai achchhi si koi baat sar-e-shaam
phir subh talak sochte rahte hain vo kyaa thi

koThe pe chehra-e-pur-nur dikhaayaa sar-e-shaam
yaar se rajat-e-khurshid kaa ejaaz huaa

munDeron par chhiDak de apne kushton kaa lahu ai gul
ugegaa sabza-e-shamsir divaar-e-gulistaan par