vahi suluk zamaane ne mere saath kiyaa — Zafar Kamali

shauharon se bibayaan laDti hain chhaapa-maar jang
raabta un kaa bhi kyaa kashmir ki vaadi se hai

jo apnaa bhaai hai rahtaa hai vo paanv ki Thokar mein
magar joru kaa bhaai to gale kaa haar hotaa hai

pople munh se chane khaanaa nahin mumkin huzur
aa nahin sakti javaani lauT ke maajun se

ye rishvat ke hain paise din mein kaise luun musalmaan huun
main le saktaa nahin sar apne ye ilzaam roze mein

vo masjid ho ki mandir ho adab ho yaa siyaasat ho
vahi hai jang kursi ki vahi dastaar kaa jhagDaa

jo baiThaa hai bagulaa bhagat ki tarah
vahi ham ko asli shikaari lage

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

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

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

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

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

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