jahaan pe khatm huaa karti hain khirad ki hadein — Sandeep Gupte

hasin khvaab ko sachchaa samajh rahaa hai koi
faqat gumaan ko duniyaa samajh rahaa hai koi

ghazal mein jab talak ehsaas ki shiddat na ho shaamil
faqat alfaaz ki kaarigari mahsus hoti hai

sirf kahne ko hai nai duniyaa
vo hi dastur hai vahi duniyaa

hamein qubul nahin chhoTaa munh baDi baatein
misaal bante hain aur phir misaal dete hain

jab bhi kashti bhanvar mein aai hai
ik du'aa bhi asar mein aai hai

koi hayaat ke maani bataa ke samjhaae
tavil kyaa hai bhalaa mukhtasar kaa kyaa matlab

main baDaa ho gayaa huun magar bachpanaa
mere dil se kabhi bhi gayaa hi nahin

'saif' andaaz-e-bayaan rang badal detaa hai
varna duniyaa mein koi baat nai baat nahin

yaad-e-farogh-e-dast-e-hinaai na puchhiye
har zakhm-e-dil ko rashk-e-namak-daan banaa diyaa

khalvat-e-jaan mein tiraa dard basaanaa chaahe
dil samundar mein bhi divaar uThaanaa chaahe

ishq ke phande se bachiye ai 'haqir'-e-khasta-dil
is kaa hai aaghaaz shirin aur hai anjaam talkh

kyuun na kaabe ko kahun allaah kaa aur but kaa ghar
vo bhi mere dil mein hai aur ye bhi mere dil mein hai