tu ghazal ban ke utar baat mukammal ho jaae — 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

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

pyaaso raho na dasht mein baarish ke muntazir
maaro zamin pe paanv ki paani nikal paDe

dil ke badle vo shokh chalte vaqt
de gayaa ham ko intizaar apnaa

mujhe khabar thi miraa intizaar ghar mein rahaa
ye haadsa thaa ki main umr bhar safar mein rahaa

'ghaalib'-e-khasta ke baghair kaun se kaam band hain
roiye zaar zaar kyaa kijiye haae haae kyuun

hai intizaar mujhe jang khatm hone kaa
lahu ki qaid se baahar koi bulaataa hai