main ne ye soch ki nimTaa liye apne jhagDe — Tanzila Afzal

jab jahaan chaahoge fursat se mileinge tum ko
log naayaab nahin hote hain Thukraae hue

jis ki auqaat dekhni ho mujhe
us ko thoDaa saa bhaao deti huun

makaan to khair bante rah gae hain
hamaare paas naqshe rah gae hain

vo kabhi dhoka nahin khaaegaa
bevafaa banda-shanaas aaj bhi hai

lab hain ehsaas-e-kamtari kaa shikaar
us ko darkaar hain miri aankhein

kis tarah ghair se main der kaa shikva karti
meri mahfil mein mire log nahin aae hue

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

kifaayat se tumhein ham sochte hain
raqam yaadon ki ab tak chal rahi hai

aql mein yuun to nahin koi kami
ik zaraa divaangi darkaar hai

aql mein jo ghir gayaa laa-intihaa kyunkar huaa
jo samaa mein aa gayaa phir vo khudaa kyunkar huaa

umr jitni bhi kaTi us ke bharose pe kaTi
aur ab sochtaa huun us kaa bharosa kyaa thaa