yuun saraapaa iltijaa ban kar milaa thaa pahle roz — Siraj Ajmali

use jis shab madhur aavaaz mein gaanaa thaa laazim
rivaayat hai ki us shab bhi parinda chup rahaa thaa

jo nahin hotaa bahut hoti hai shohrat us ki
jo guzarti hai vo ashaar mein aati hi nahin

shaam mimbar par fazilat ke bahut sanjida farhaan
subh-dam afsurdagi ke farsh par bikhraa huaa main

jis raat mein na hijr ho ne vasl 'ajmali'
us raat mein kahaan ki ghazal jaagte raho

taa-subh meri laash rahi be-kafan to kyaa
baanu-e-shaam nauha-kunaan hi nahin hui

jinhein ye fikr nahin sar rahe rahe na rahe
vo sach hi kahte hain jab bolne pe aate hain

vo na aaegaa hamein maalum thaa is shaam bhi
intizaar us kaa magar kuchh soch kar karte rahe

fikr-e-jahaan dard-e-mohabbat firaaq-e-yaar
kyaa kahiye kitne gham hain miri zindagi ke saath

ye sochte hi rahe aur bahaar khatm hui
kahaan chaman mein nasheman bane kahaan na bane

kuchh der fikr aalam-e-baalaa ki chhoD do
is anjuman kaa raaz isi anjuman mein hai

TuuTe hue log hain salaamat
ye naql-e-makaani kaa moajaza hai