Ahmad Javed
sirf husn
haan. sirf husn najat-dahinda hai
ankhon ka
jo ghatiya pinjron men qaid hai
aur maamuli manazir men mahbus
kisi gali-sadi la-yaniyat ki tarah najis
kisi bhule hue lafz ki tarah aseb-zada
kyuun nahin buujh leti aulad-e-adam
ki khul jaega saara chhupao
ek haibatnak khali thahrao men
jo ek saffak bedari se mohr-band hai
ek madfun parvaz ki tarah
ek hunut-shuda ufuq ki tarah
bil-akhir hasti ki zad-bum par dhund chha gai
ab cockroach gharat-gar fateh hain
us kaenat ke jahan vaqt abhi ajnabi nahin hua
un ki saltanat men tarikh mamnua hai
zamane par kharash dalti khar-dar tughyani
havadis se pare chalti hui
takra rahi hai qadim chattanon se
ek bahut hi siyah raat ke sahme hue sitare
ek pur-haul faza men saans leti khamoshi
jise ham khvab karna chahte hain
khvab jauhar hain asiil niind ka
insani ankhon ka
hamare sayyare
aur hamare zamane itne khallaq nahin hain
ki bana saken ek sachchi raat
jo sahar sake
abdiyat se tarashi hui vo tahdar gahrai
jis se takhayyul ka qimash buna gaya hai
yaqinan hamen ek niind ki zarurat hai
kisi asatiri sitare ka dabiz ka hi saaya
ghaibi dhundalke ko sanvarta ujalta
ek dil, ek zakhm—- bana sakte hain dekhe ko an-dekha
dard kafil hai ruuh ka
lafz ki bulughat tak shole ki pukhtagi tak
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