khvaab aur tamannaa kaa kyaa hisaab rakhnaa hai — Sarwat Zehra

dil ke dariyaa ne kinaaron se mohabbat kar li
tez bahtaa hai magar kam nahin hone paataa

kahaan pe khologe dard apnaa kise kahoge
kahin chhupaao, ye haal le kar kahaan chale ho

kaise bujhaaein kaun bujhaae bujhe bhi kyuun
is aag ko to khuun mein hal kar diyaa gayaa

ab to sanvaarne ke liye hijr bhi nahin
saaraa vabaal le ke ghazal kar diyaa gayaa

bint-e-havvaa huun main ye miraa jurm hai
aur phir shaaeri to kaDaa jurm hai

jaane vaale ko chale jaanaa hai
phir bhi rasman hi pukaaraa jaae

gham hai na ab khushi hai na ummid hai na yaas
sab se najaat paae zamaane guzar gae

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

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

koi dastak koi aahaT na sadaa hai koi
duur tak ruuh mein phailaa huaa sannaaTaa hai

shaakh se kaT kar alag hone kaa ham ko gham nahin
phuul hain khushbu luTaa kar khaak ho jaaeinge ham

kal saath thaa koi to dar o baam the raushan
tanhaa huun 'vasim' aaj to ghar kaaT rahaa hai