zard patte mein koi nuqta-e-sabz — Saleem Shahzad

havaa ki zad mein patte ki tarah thaa
vo ik zakhmi parinde ki tarah thaa

an-kahi kah an-suni baatein sunaa
rah gayaa jo kuchh bhi sochaa soch le

baaton mein hai us ki zahr thoDaa
thoDaa saa mazaa sharaab jaisaa

use pataa hai ki rukti nahin hai chhaanv kabhi
to phir vo abr ko kyuun saaebaan samajhtaa hai

aag bhi barsi darakhton par vahin
kaal basti mein jahaan paani kaa thaa

vahm o khirad ke maare hain shaayad sab log
dekh rahaa huun shishe ke ghar chaaron or