jazb kar ke rakh lenaa dastakein hatheli mein — Rauf Khalish

utro khud apni zaat ki gahraai mein 'khalish'
ubhre jo apne-aap ko paane ki aarzu

guzarte vaqt ke aasaar kaun chhoD gayaa
zamaane Tal gae lekin aTal rahe hain sutun

bikharte khvaabon se taabir ke dhundlakon tak
muhaajrat ne kachoke bahut lagaae hain

jis tanaazur mein bhi dekho khush-jamaalon ko 'khalish'
zaaviya bigDaa nazar kaa saare bigDe zaaviye

zakhmon ko phuul kar de tanhaaiyon ko marham
sau qurbaton pe bhaari hijrat kaa ek mausam

kahin hujum mein tanhaai mil gai thi mujhe
main ro diyaa tiri yaadon se guftugu kar ke

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

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

yuun to maujud apne ghar mein hai
aadmi mustaqil safar mein hai

zamin ki god mein itnaa sukun thaa 'anjum'
ki jo gayaa vo safar ki thakaan bhuul gayaa

uDaa ke khaak bahut main ne dekh li ai 'zeb'
vahaan talak to koi raasta nahin jaataa