us ke shikasta vaar kaa bhi rakh liyaa bharam — Yasmeen Hameed

musalsal ek hi tasvir chashm-e-tar mein rahi
charaagh bujh bhi gayaa raushni safar mein rahi

ek divaar uThaai thi baDi ujlat mein
vahi divaar giraane mein bahut der lagi

parda aankhon se haTaane mein bahut der lagi
hamein duniyaa nazar aane mein bahut der lagi

jis samt ki havaa hai usi samt chal paDein
jab kuchh na ho sakaa to yahi faisla kiyaa

apni nigaah par bhi karun e'tibaar kyaa
kis maan par kahun vo miraa intikhaab thaa

raste se miri jang bhi jaari hai abhi tak
aur paanv tale zakhm ki vahshat bhi vahi hai

na tum hosh mein ho na ham hosh mein hain
chalo mai-kade mein vahin baat hogi

aae kuchh abr kuchh sharaab aae
is ke baa'd aae jo azaab aae

kahaan milegi misaal meri sitamgari ki
ki main gulaabon ke zakhm kaanTon se si rahaa huun

zindagi zor hai ravaani kaa
kyaa thamegaa bahaav paani kaa

nizaam-e-mai-kada saaqi badalne ki zarurat hai
hazaaron hain safein jin mein na mai aai na jaam aayaa

vo qulqul-e-minaa mein charche miri tauba ke
aur shisha-o-saaghar ki mai-khaane mein sargoshi