raah aasaan dekh kar sab khush the phir main ne kahaa — Rajinder Manchanda Bani

yaad tiri jaise ki sar-e-shaam
dhund utar jaae paani mein

thi paanv mein koi zanjir bach gae varna
ram-e-havaa kaa tamaashaa yahaan rahaa hai bahut

koi bhuli hui shai taaq-e-har-manzar pe rakkhi thi
sitaare chhat pe rakkhe the shikan bistar pe rakkhi thi

shaamil huun qaafile mein magar sar mein dhund hai
shaayad hai koi raah judaa bhi mire liye

paiham mauj-e-imkaani mein
aglaa paanv nae paani mein

mohabbatein na rahin us ke dil mein mere liye
magar vo miltaa thaa hans kar ki vaza-daar jo thaa

jinhein ye fikr nahin sar rahe rahe na rahe
vo sach hi kahte hain jab bolne pe aate hain

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

tere baare mein jab sochaa nahin thaa
main tanhaa thaa magar itnaa nahin thaa

ye tamaashaa-e-ilm-o-hunar dosto
kuchh nahin hai faqat kaaghzi vahm hai

aql se sirf zehan raushan thaa
ishq ne dil mein raushni ki hai

soch lo kal kahin aansu na bahaane paD jaaein
khuun kaa kyaa hai ragon mein vo yunhi khaultaa hai