bas shaaera mushaaere mein kaamyaab thi — Saghar Khayyami

chehre to jhurriyon se bhare dil javaan hain
din mein hain shaikh raat mein salmaan-khaan hain

ab aap hi bataaein vo kaise nibhaaegaa
jis ko nasib dum nahin vo kyaa hilaae gaa

ek qaidi subh ko phaansi lagaa kar mar gayaa
raat bhar ghazlein sunaain us ko thaanedaar ne

mahngaai ke zamaane mein bachchon ki rel-pel
aisaa na ho kamar tiri mahngaai toD de

hamaare laal ko darkaar hai vahi laDki
ki jis kaa baap police mein ho kam se kam deputy

kitne chehre lage hain chehron par
kyaa haqiqat hai aur siyaasat kyaa

jab ki pahlu se yaar uThtaa hai
dard be-ikhtiyaar uThtaa hai

khudaa ke haath mein mat saunp saare kaamon ko
badalte vaqt pe kuchh apnaa ikhtiyaar bhi rakh

jo ghair the vo isi baat par hamaare hue
ki ham se dost bahut be-khabar hamaare hue

barseingi aaj rahmatein aamad hai yaar ki
naayaab hain ye ghaDiyaan tire intizaar ki

thak gayaa hai dil-e-vahshi miraa fariyaad se bhi
ji bahaltaa nahin ai dost tiri yaad se bhi

yaar bhi raah ki divaar samajhte hain mujhe
main samajhtaa thaa mire yaar samajhte hain mujhe