Baja Ki Naqsh-E-Kaf-E-Pa Pe Sar Bhi Rakhna Hai

Waqar Manvi

baja ki naqsh-e-kaf-e-pa pe sar bhi rakhna hai

magar buland maqam-e-nazar bhi rakhna hai

saḳhavat aisi dikha.i ki ghar luTa baiThe

na socha ye bhi ki kuchh apne ghar bhi rakhna hai

hon zaḳhm zaḳhm kahan tak main charagar se kahun

idhar bhi rakhna hai marham udhar bhi rakhna hai

ye jabr dekho ki rahna bhi hai sar-e-maqtal

har ek vaar bhi sahna hai sar bhi rakhna hai

rah-e-hayat men thakna bhi hai yaqini sa

phir apne aap ko vaqf-e-safar bhi rakhna hai

ilahi ḳhair ki tufan-e-bad-o-baran men

hamen bachana hai ḳhud ko bhi ghar men rakhna hai

ye kya sitam hai ki sayyad ham asiron ko

riha bhi karna hai be-bal-o-par bhi rakhna hai

kise bata.en ki gham us ki be-niyazi ka

vo gham hai jis se use be-ḳhabar bhi rakhna hai

musafiro abhi manzil ke hain paḌav bahut

isi hisab se zad-e-safar bhi rakhna hai

ye uzr hai ki unhen niind aane lagti hai

bayan-e-qissa-e-gham muḳhtasar bhi rakhna hai

‘vaqar’ tum suḳhn-o-agahi se guzre ho

tumhi ko pas-e-‘vaqar’-e-hunar bhi rakhna hai