gaaDi mein bhi ghar ko soche jaataa huun — Zahoor Minhas

ye to insaaniyat ko Thokar hai
aadmi aadmi kaa naukar hai

vo thak gai thi bhiiD mein chalte hue 'zahur'
us ke badan pe an-ginat aankhon kaa bojh thaa

koi bhi hal nahin udaasi kaa
mujh se kamre ne baarhaa puchhaa

tamaam shahr mein baarish ki dhaak baiTh gai
jo uD rahi thi havaaon mein khaak baiTh gai

bheji tasvir bhi to aankhon ki
yaa'ni aankhein dikhaa rahi ho mujhe

fikr-e-tajdid-e-hijr hai varna
kab mujhe vasl ki zarurat hai

jinhein ye fikr nahin sar rahe rahe na rahe
vo sach hi kahte hain jab bolne pe aate hain

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

fikr-e-rasaa pe jis ki khulein aasmaan ke raaz
aisaa koi 'adil' qad-aavar nahin rahaa

is qadar Duube gunaah-e-ishq mein tere habib
sochte hain jaaeinge kis munh se tauba ki taraf

firaaq mausam ki chilmanon se visaal lamhe chamak uTheinge
udaas shaamon mein kaaghaz-e-dil pe guzre vaqton ke baab likhnaa

asaas-e-jism uThaaun nae sire se magar
ye sochtaa huun ki miTTi miri kharaab to ho