Ba-Pas-E-Ehtiyat-E-Arzu Ye Bar-Ha Hua

Shaad Aarfi

ba-pas-e-ehtiyat-e-arzu ye bar-ha hua

nikal gaya qarib se vo haal puchhta hua

hijab-e-ruḳh lahak uTha agar bahut ḳhafa hua

jabhi to ham se pai-ba-pai qusur-e-mudda.a hua

shikayat-e-adm-e-tavajjohi baja sahi magar

nasib-e-ahl-e-anjuman nahin hai dil dukha hua

amin-e-raz-e-gham nahin hain dar-ḳhor-e-sitam nahin

palaT rahe hain aap hi pe aap ka kaha hua

uThengi meri vaj.h se jab aap par bhi ungliyan

kahenge phir to aap bhi ki vaqa.i bura hua

hujum-e-ma-siva se bach ke manzil-e-murad tak

pahunch gaya huun rahzanon se raah puchhta hua

kabhi kabhi ḳhulus-e-be-ta.alluqi bhi chahiye

nigah main ne pher li to us ka samna hua

zamana-e-ubur-e-inqalab ki bhi umr hai

na shaḳh-e-ashiyan rahi na ashiyan jala hua

nahin kuchh is se muḳhtalif giroh-e-bazm-e-raqs-o-mai

nikal gaya jo gulsitan men ḳhvab dekhta hua

ye kavish-e-umid-o-bim bhi hai lazzat-afrin

nazar udhar jami hui naqab-e-ruḳh uTha hua

ghalat-bayaniyon ke ahd-e-nau men ‘shad’ aarfi

mira kamal-e-fan ye hai ki sirf majra hua