ik dasht-e-be-amaan kaa safar hai chale-chalo — Waheed Akhtar

zer-e-paa ab na zamin hai na falak hai sar par
sail-e-takhliq bhi girdaab kaa manzar niklaa

harf-e-inkaar hai kyuun naar-e-jahannam kaa halif
sirf iqraar pe kyuun baab-e-iram khultaa hai

maangne vaalon ko kyaa izzat o rusvaai se
dene vaalon ki amiri kaa bharam khultaa hai

jo sunnaa chaaho to bol uTTheinge andhere bhi
na sunnaa chaaho to dil ki sadaa sunaai na de

hazaaron saal safar kar ke phir vahin pahunche
bahut zamaana huaa thaa hamein zamin se chale

bichhDe hue khvaab aa ke pakaD lete hain daaman
har raasta parchhaaiyon ne rok liyaa hai

main baDaa ho gayaa huun magar bachpanaa
mere dil se kabhi bhi gayaa hi nahin

'saif' andaaz-e-bayaan rang badal detaa hai
varna duniyaa mein koi baat nai baat nahin

jahaan pe khatm huaa karti hain khirad ki hadein
vahin se asl mein hotaa hai dil kaa kaam shuru'

kis nazar se aap ne dekhaa dil-e-majruh ko
zakhm jo kuchh bhar chale the phir havaa dene lage

main ne ibaadaton ko mohabbat banaa diyaa
aankhein buton ke saath rahin dil khudaa ke saath

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