kyaa ho sake hisaab ki jab aagahi kahe — Qasim Yaqub

dar-e-imkaan ki dastak mujhe bheji gai hai
meri qismat mein to maujud ki daulat nahin hai

ye kyaa ki baiThaa hai dariyaa kinaar-e-dariyaa par
main aaj bahtaa huaa jaa rahaa huun paani mein

ye jhaank leti hai andar se aarzu-khaana
havaa kaa qad miri divaar se ziyaada hai

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

miri tamannaa hai ab ke tum phir milo to ji bhar ke muskuraaein
ki dekhnaa hai ye raushni kaa safar bahut der baa'd jaa kar

dimaagh un ke tajassus mein jism ghar mein rahaa
main apne ghar hi mein rahte hue safar mein rahaa

safar mein aise kai marhale bhi aate hain
har ek moD pe kuchh log chhuT jaate hain

yaad aai hai to phir TuuT ke yaad aai hai
koi guzri hui manzil koi bhuli hui dost

kin manzilon luTe hain mohabbat ke qaafile
insaan zamin pe aaj gharib-ul-vatan saa hai