na jaane kaun si turpan udheD rakkhi hai — Pranav Mishra Tejas

cigarette se jaa ke duur giraa khaak ho gayaa
aaya sharar ki shakl mein soz-e-nihaan kaa dard

apni talab mein shauq se jagte hain raat-bhar
ham ko kisi ke ishq kaa maaraa na jaaniye

jaate nahin hain aur kahin phaankne ko dhuul
sahraa hamaare ghar kaa hai mehmaan in dinon

sajda huaa hamesha faqiron ke ilm par
ham aagahi pe marte hain poshaak par nahin

mujh se khalaa mein baat bhi karnaa nahin rafiq
aise khalaa mein baat bhi karnaa hai ik gunaah

kyon tasavvur mein ji rahaa huun main
jab haqiqat mein mar hi jaanaa hai

shaahraahein dafatan shoale ugalne lag gaiin
ghar ki jaanib chal paDaa hai shahr gheraa kar tamaam

barsaat kaa baadal to divaana hai kyaa jaane
kis raah se bachnaa hai kis chhat ko bhigonaa hai

ijz-o-niyaaz apnaa apni taraf hai saaraa
is musht-e-khaak ko ham masjud jaante hain

duniyaa gharib jaan ke hansti thi 'mir' par
'iqbaal' mujh pe aise ye duniyaa hansi ki bas

na jaane us ne khule aasmaan mein kyaa dekhaa
parinda phir se jahaan-e-qafas mein lauT aayaa