rah-e-qaraar ajab raah-e-be-qaraari hai — Ram Awtar Gupta Muztar

shaam-e-avadh ne zulf mein gundhe nahin hain phuul
tere baghair subh-e-banaras udaas hai

teraa honaa na maan kar goyaa
tujh ko taslim kar rahaa huun main

dil kaa sukun rizq ke hangaame khaa gae
sukh aadmi kaa chand nivaalon ne Das liyaa

duniyaa tere naam se mujh ko pahchaane
ishq mein aisaa rusvaa kar de yaa-allaah

lamha lamha bikhar rahaa huun main
apni takmil kar rahaa huun main

navaazaa hai mujhe patthar se jis ne
use main phuul de kar dekhtaa huun

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

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

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

kisi ko ghar se nikalte hi mil gai manzil
koi hamaari tarah umr bhar safar mein rahaa