Arifa Shahzad
kaisi girhon men tar-e-nafas hai ye uljha hua
saari peshaniyon par lakiron ka phaila hua jaal hai
is men jakdi gai
muskurahat kahin
dhajjiyan chaar atraf udne lagin
kis ka malbus hai
har nagar har gali
khauf hi khauf hai
agli baai hai kis ki
kisi ko pata tak nahin
munh chhupae hue
taane, dushnam sahte hain jo ajnabi
apne hi to nahin
char-su hai ragen katti zamhariri hua
sard-mehri ke barfab mausam men
thithure hue hont hain
aur zaban ki ragen bhi tashannuj se khichne lagin
kaisa aseb-e-vahshat hai
kyuun sar se talta nahin
ayaten bhi hamen bhuul jaane lagin
jibrail-e-amin
suratunnas aur al-falaq padh ke phunko
dilon men
aqidon ki girhen padi hain
ye ham se to khulti nahin!
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