baahar gali mein chalte hue log thak gae — Zafar Iqbal

baahar se chaTTaan ki tarah huun
andar ki fazaa mein tharthari hai

vo maqaamaat-e-muqaddas vo tire gumbad o qaus
aur miraa aise nishaanaat kaa zaaer honaa

mujh se chhuDvaae mire saare usuul us ne 'zafar'
kitnaa chaalaak thaa maaraa mujhe tanhaa kar ke

dar-e-umid se ho kar nikalne lagtaa huun
to yaas rauzan-e-zindaan se aankh maarti hai

aasmaan par koi tasvir banaataa huun 'zafar'
ki rahe ek taraf aur lage chaaron taraf

jaisi ab hai aisi haalat mein nahin rah saktaa
main hamesha to mohabbat mein nahin rah saktaa

gham hai na ab khushi hai na ummid hai na yaas
sab se najaat paae zamaane guzar gae

jab ki pahlu se yaar uThtaa hai
dard be-ikhtiyaar uThtaa hai

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

vo dard huun koi chaara nahin hai jis kaa kahin
vo zakhm huun ki hai dushvaar indimaal miraa

baarish ke baa'd raat saDak aaina si thi
ik paanv paaniyon pe paDaa chaand hil gayaa

nur-e-sahar kahaan hai agar shaam-e-gham gai
kab iltifaat thaa ki jo khu-e-sitam gai