shikast-e-‘ahd-e-tamanna ki kyaa shikaayat ho — Tasneem Abidi

sab chale jaaeinge ik be-naam manzil ki taraf
ghar ki takhti ki jagah katbe lage rah jaaeinge

is baar huaa kun kaa asar aur tarah kaa
is baar hai imkaan-e-bashar aur tarah kaa

ik azaan aur namaaz kaa vaqfa
zindagi kitni mukhtasar paai

jhiil mein bas ek kankar pheink kar
daaere ki guunj main sunti rahi

hai tamaashe kaa ikhtitaam yahi
jab tamaashaa bane tamaashaai

hamaare she'r naghme aur sajde
adaa jo ho na paae kyaa hue vo

shaahraahein dafatan shoale ugalne lag gaiin
ghar ki jaanib chal paDaa hai shahr gheraa kar tamaam

zamaana mujh se judaa ho gayaa zamaana huaa
rahaa hai ab to bichhaDne ko mujh se tu baaqi

tumhein fursat ho duniyaa se to ham se aa ke milnaa
hamaare paas fursat ke sivaa kyaa rah gayaa hai

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

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

main jis mein rah na sakaa ji-huzuriyon ke sabab
ye aadmi hai usi kaamyaab mausam kaa