aangan aangan khuun ke chhinTe chehra chehra be-chehra — Obaidur Rahman

mere jazbaat aansuon vaale
sher sab hichkiyon se likhtaa huun

bachchon ko ham na ek khilaunaa bhi de sake
gham aur baDh gayaa hai jo tyauhaar aae hain

hamein hijrat samajh mein itni aai
parinda aab-o-daana chaahtaa hai

nazar mein duur talak rahguzar zaruri hai
kisi bhi samt ho lekin safar zaruri hai

taamir-o-taraqqi vaale hain kahiye bhi to un ko kyaa kahiye
jo shish-mahal mein baiThe hue mazdur ki baatein karte hain

koi dimaagh se koi sharir se haaraa
mein apne haath ki andhi lakir se haaraa

gham hai na ab khushi hai na ummid hai na yaas
sab se najaat paae zamaane guzar gae

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

jab ki pahlu se yaar uThtaa hai
dard be-ikhtiyaar uThtaa hai

ye saal tul-e-masaafat se chuur chuur gayaa
ye ek saal to guzraa hai ik sadi ki tarah

kisi ki yaad manaane mein iid guzregi
so shahr-e-dil mein bahut duur tak udaasi hai

aadat ke baa'd dard bhi dene lagaa mazaa
hans hans ke aah aah kiye jaa rahaa huun main