aahaTein sun rahaa huun yaadon ki — Rasa Chughtai

jin aankhon se mujhe tum dekhte ho
main un aankhon se duniyaa dekhtaa huun

miTTi jab tak nam rahti hai
khushbu taaza-dam rahti hai

aur kuchh yuun huaa ki bachchon ne
chhinaa-jhapTi mein toD Daalaa mujhe

huiin aankhein ajab behaal ab ke
ye baarish kar gai kangaal ab ke

dil dhaDaktaa hai sar-e-raah-e-khayaal
ab ye aavaaz jahaan tak pahunche

hai koi yahaan shahr mein aisaa ki jise main
apnaa na kahun aur vo apnaa mujhe samjhe

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

pyaaso raho na dasht mein baarish ke muntazir
maaro zamin pe paanv ki paani nikal paDe

main bahut jald lauT aaungaa
tum miraa intizaar mat karnaa

tamaam umr rahe meraa muntazir tu bhi
tamaam umr mire intizaar ko tarse

haan dil-e-be-taab chande intizaar
amn-o-raahat kaa Thikaana aur hai

ab kaun muntazir hai hamaare liye vahaan
shaam aa gai hai lauT ke ghar jaaein ham to kyaa