sab baDe zoam se aae the nae surat-gar — Zafar Ajmi

kaasa-e-dard liye kab se khaDe sochte hain
dast-e-imkaan se kyaa chiiz na jaane nikle

ye alag baat ki vo dil se kisi aur kaa thaa
baat to us ne hamaari bhi ba-zaahir rakkhi

bajaa hai zindagi se ham bahut rahe naaraaz
magar bataao khafaa tum se bhi kabhu hue hain

kisi ke raaste ki khaak mein paDe hain 'zafar'
mataa-e-umr yahi aajizi nikalti hai

naa-khudaa chhoD gae biich bhanvar mein to 'zafar'
ek tinke ke sahaare ne kahaa bismillaah

ye ahd kyaa hai ki sab par giraan guzartaa hai
ye kyaa tilism hai kyaa imtihaan guzartaa hai

mere khvaabon ke jharokon ko sajaate rahiye
na sahi vasl magar yaad to aate rahiye

hasin khvaab ko sachchaa samajh rahaa hai koi
faqat gumaan ko duniyaa samajh rahaa hai koi

balaa-e-jaan thi jo bazm-e-tamaashaa chhoD di main ne
khushaa ai zindagi khvaabon ki duniyaa chhoD di main ne

isi khanDar mein mire khvaab ki gali bhi thi
gali mein peD bhi thaa peD par samar bhi thaa

shab palang par haanpte saae rahe
khvaab darvaaze khaDaa taktaa rahaa

mili na jab unhein taabir apne khvaabon ki
phir apni aankhon ko nilaam kar diyaa sab ne