havaa gum-sum khaDi hai raaste mein — Naseer Ahmad Nasir

jab pukaaraa kisi musaafir ne
raaste khaaiyon mein chikh uThe

falsafe saare kitaabon mein ulajh kar rah gae
dars-gaahon mein nisaabon ki thakan baaqi rahi

khamoshi jhaankti hai khiDkiyon se
gali mein shor saa phailaa huaa hai

raat bhar khvaab dekhne vaale
din ki sachchaaiyon mein chikh uThe

mohabbat ke Thikaane DhunDhti hai
badan ki laa-makaani mausamon mein

log phirte hain bhare shahr ki tanhaai mein
sard jismon ki salibon pe uThaa kar chehre

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

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

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

shaagird-e-rashid aap saa huun shaikh-ji saahib
kuchh ilm o amal tum ne na shaitaan mein chhoDaa

aql kahti hai dobaara aazmaanaa jahl hai
dil ye kahtaa hai fareb-e-dost khaate jaaiye

gaaDi mein bhi ghar ko soche jaataa huun
gaaDi aage aur main pichhe jaataa huun