Kahan Siyasat-E-Aghyar Ne Halak Kiya

Basir Sultan Kazmi

kahan siyasat-e-aghyar ne halak kiya

hamen to apne hi afkar ne halak kiya

kisi ki maut ka baa.is thi ḳhana-virani

kisi ko raunaq-e-gulzar ne halak kiya

kisi ke vaste phulon ki sej mujib-e-marg

kisi ko jada-e-pur-ḳhar ne halak kiya

kisi ko sho.ala-e-ḳhurshid ne jila Daala

kisi ko saya-e-ashjar ne halak kiya

savad-e-sham kisi ke liye payam-e-ajal

kisi ko sub.h ke asar ne halak kiya

kisi ki jaan ga.i dekh kar tira jalva

kisi ko hasrat-e-didar ne halak kiya

koi shikar hua apni hichkichahaT ka

kisi ko jur.at-e-iz.har ne halak kiya

kisi ka taḳhta bichhaya nasib-e-ḳhufta ne

kisi ko tala-e-bedar ne halak kiya

vahi halaku ki jis ne kiye hazaron halak

use bhi vaqt ki yalghar ne halak kiya

kisi ko maar gaya us ka kam-suḳhan hona

kisi ko kasrat-e-ash.ar ne halak kiya

vahi ḳhasara hai sab ki tarah hamen darpesh

hamen bhi garmi-e-bazar ne halak kiya

kabhi tabah hue mashvara na milne se

kabhi navishta-e-divar ne halak kiya

mili thi jis ke labon se na.i hayat hamen

usi ki shoḳhi-e-guftar ne halak kiya

ḳhuda ka shukr ki pasti na ham ko khench saki

hamen bulandi-e-me.ar ne halak kiya