jaa paDe chup ho ke jab shahr-e-khamoshaan mein 'nazir' — Nazeer Akbar Abadi

dekhe na mujhe kyunkar az-chashm-e-hiqaarat-u
vo sarv-e-javaan yaaro man-faakhta-e-piram

ham haal to kah sakte hain apnaa pa kahein kyaa
jab vo idhar aate hain to tanhaa nahin aate

shab ko aa kar vo phir gayaa haihaat
kyaa isi raat ham ko sonaa thaa

aankhon mein meri subh-e-qayaamat gai jhamak
siine se us pari ke jo parda ulaT gayaa

divaangi meri ke tahayyur mein shab-o-roz
hai halqa-e-zanjir se zindaan hama-tan-chashm

miri is chashm-e-tar se abr-e-baaraan ko hai kyaa nisbat
ki vo dariyaa kaa paani aur ye khun-e-dil hai barsaati

main baDaa ho gayaa huun magar bachpanaa
mere dil se kabhi bhi gayaa hi nahin

raat yuun dil mein tiri khoi hui yaad aai
jaise viraane mein chupke se bahaar aa jaae

ghalat baaton ko khaamoshi se sunnaa haami bhar lenaa
bahut hain faaede is mein magar achchhaa nahin lagtaa

ik khilaunaa jogi se kho gayaa thaa bachpan mein
DhunDhtaa phiraa us ko vo nagar nagar tanhaa

aankhon mein nami si hai chup chup se vo baiThe hain
naazuk si nigaahon mein naazuk saa fasaana hai

phir mujhe yaad aaegaa bachpan
ik zamaana gumaan se guzregaa