baaton se phuul jhaDte the lekin khabar na thi — Quaiser Khalid

miThi baatein, kabhi talkh lahje ke tiir
dil pe har din hai un kaa karam bhi nayaa

tere bin hayaat ki soch bhi gunaah thi
ham qarib-e-jaan tiraa hisaar dekhte rahe

ho paae kisi ke ham bhi kahaan yuun koi hamaaraa bhi na huaa
kab Thahri kisi ik par bhi nazar kyaa chiiz hai shahr-e-khubaan bhi

mohmal hai na jaanein to, samjhein to vazaahat hai
hai ziist faqat dhokaa aur maut haqiqat hai

ab is tarah bhi rivaayat se inhiraaf na kar
badal agarche tu achchhaa na de, kharaab to de

Daal di pairon mein us shakhs ke zanjir yahaan
vaqt ne jis ko zamaane mein uchhalte dekhaa

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

main tujh se saath bhi to umar bhar kaa chaahtaa thaa
so ab tujh se gilaa bhi umar bhar kaa ho gayaa hai

kahaan milegi misaal meri sitamgari ki
ki main gulaabon ke zakhm kaanTon se si rahaa huun

gul kiyaa jis ne vo thaa aur magar
shama ne shikva havaaon se kiyaa

vo gulaabi baadalon mein ek niili jhiil si
hosh qaaem kaise rahte thaa hi kuchh aisaa libaas

charaag chaand shafaq shaam phuul jhiil sabaa
churaain sab ne hi kuchh kuchh shabaahatein teri