us ik diye se hue kis qadar diye raushan — Umar Ansari

aksar huaa hai ye ki khud apni talaash mein
aage nikal gae hain had-e-maa-sivaa se bhi

baahar baahar sannaaTaa hai andar andar shor bahut
dil ki ghani basti mein yaaro aan base hain chor bahut

uThaa ye shor vahin se sadaaon kaa kyun-kar
vo aadmi to sunaa apne ghar mein tanhaa thaa

buraa sahi main pa niyat buri nahin meri
mire gunaah bhi kaar-e-savaab mein likhnaa

chhup kar na rah sakegaa vo ham se ki us ko ham
pahchaan leinge us ki kisi ik adaa se bhi

musaafiron se mohabbat ki baat kar lekin
musaafiron ki mohabbat kaa e'tibaar na kar

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

kisi ki yaad manaane mein iid guzregi
so shahr-e-dil mein bahut duur tak udaasi hai

aisi taraqqi par to ronaa bantaa hai
jis mein dahshat-gard corona bantaa hai

aadat ke baa'd dard bhi dene lagaa mazaa
hans hans ke aah aah kiye jaa rahaa huun main