suraj-dimaagh log bhi ablaagh-e-fikr mein — 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

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

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

ye ilm kaa saudaa ye risaale ye kitaabein
ik shakhs ki yaadon ko bhulaane ke liye hain

soch din raat yahi hai tire divaane ki
jaaiye shahr ko par chhoDiye sahraa kyunkar