Wo bhi kya log the aasan thi rahen jin ke band aankhen kiye ik simt chale jate the

Wo bhi kya log the aasan thi rahen jin ke

band aankhen kiye ik simt chale jate the

aql-o-dil khvab-o-haqiqat ke na uljhan na khalish

mukhtalif jalve nigahon ko na bahalate the

ishq sada bhi tha bekhud bhi jununpesha bhi

husn ko apni adaon pe hijab aata tha

phul khilate the to phoolon mein nasha hota tha

raat dhalati thi to shishon pe shabab aata tha

chandani kaifasar ruhafza hoti thi

abr aata tha to badmast bhi ho jate the

din mein shorish bhi hua karati thi hangame bhi

raat ke god mein muh dhanp ke so jate the

narm rau waqt ke dhare pe safine the ravan

sahil-o-bahr ke aain na badalate the kabhi

nakhudaon pe bharosa tha muqaddar pe yaqin

chadar-e-ab se tufan na ubalate the kabhi

hum ke tufanon ke pale bhi sataye bhi hain

barq-o-baran mein wo hi shamen jalayen kaise

ye jo aatishkada duniya mein bhadak uttha hai

aansuon se use har bar bujhayen kaise

kar diya barq-o-bukharat ne mahashar barpa

apne daftar mein litafat ke siva kuch bhi nahi

ghir gaye waqt ke beraham kashakash mein magar

pas tahazib ke daulat ke siva kuch bhi nahi

ye andhera ye talatum ye hawaon ka kharosh

is mein taron ke subuk narm ziya kya karati

talkhi-e-zist se kadava hua aashiq ka mizaj

nigah-e-yar ke masum ada kya karati

safar aasan tha to manzil bhi badi raushan thi

aj kis darja purasarar hain rahen apni

kitni parachaiyan aati hain tajalli ban kar

kitne jalvon se ulajhati hain nigahen apni

Aale Ahmed Saroor