Ai Mah-E-Hijr Kya Kahen Kisi Thakan Safar Mein Thi

Najeeb Ahmad

ai mah-e-hijr kya kahen kaisi thakan safar men thi

ruup jo rahguzar men the dhuup jo rahguzar men thi

lafz ki shakl par na ja lafz ke rang bhi samajh

ek ḳhabar pas-e-ḳhabar aaj ki har ḳhabar men thi

raat fasil-e-shahr men ek shigaf kya mila

ḳhuun ki ik lakir si sub.h nazar nazar men thi

meri nigah men bhi ḳhvab teri nigah men ḳhvab

ek hi dhun basi hui asr-e-ravan ke sar men thi

shahr pe ratjagon se bhi bab-e-ufuq na khul saka

vus.at-e-bam-o-dar ‘najib’ vus.at-e-bam-o-dar men thi