rafaaqaton kaa miri us ko dhyaan kitnaa thaa — Parveen Shakir

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

main sach kahungi magar phir bhi haar jaaungi
vo jhuuT bolegaa aur laa-javaab kar degaa

vo kahin bhi gayaa lauTaa to mire paas aayaa
bas yahi baat hai achchhi mire harjaai ki

laDkiyon ke dukh ajab hote hain sukh us se ajiib
hans rahi hain aur kaajal bhigtaa hai saath saath

tujhe manaaun ki apni anaa ki baat sunun
ulajh rahaa hai mire faislon kaa resham phir

ab to is raah se vo shakhs guzartaa bhi nahin
ab kis ummid pe darvaaze se jhaanke koi

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

yaar tanhaa ghar mein hai afsos lekin ham nahin
huur to hai gulshan-e-firdaus mein aadam nahin

jaa jo ik din mil gai pahlu mein shokhi dekhiyo
chuTkiyaan le le mein niilaa kar diyaa pahlu-e-dost

nigaah-e-yaar mil jaati to ham shaagird ho jaate
zaraa ye siikh lete dil ke le lene kaa Dhab kyaa hai

ham chhanaalon ki chhoD di yaari
nafs ko maar kar kyaa murdaa

abhi to baat karo ham se doston ki tarah
phir ikhtilaaf ke pahlu nikaalte rahnaa