dar-e-umid se ho kar nikalne lagtaa huun — 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

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

lagi thi jaan ki baazi bisaat ulaT Daali
ye khel bhi hamein yaaron ne haarne na diyaa

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

tumhein fursat ho duniyaa se to ham se aa ke milnaa
hamaare paas fursat ke sivaa kyaa rah gayaa hai

shaahraahein dafatan shoale ugalne lag gaiin
ghar ki jaanib chal paDaa hai shahr gheraa kar tamaam

zamaana mujh se judaa ho gayaa zamaana huaa
rahaa hai ab to bichhaDne ko mujh se tu baaqi

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

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

maarka garm to ho lene do khun-rezi kaa
pahle shamshir ke niche hamin jaa baiTheinge