Ishrat Qadri
khela bachpan jhuma laḌakpan lahki javani chaubaron men
laThi thame dekha buḌhapa nagri ke galiyaron men
nirt pe jhumen bhaav pe lahken madira pi kar bahken log
kaun sune jo chiḳhen dabi hain paa.el ki jhankaron men
bhule-bisre sapne khojen byakul nainan bekal hirdai
chandr kiran si muskati thi dahke hue angaron men
nil-gagan par jis ka singhasan vo hai jag ka palanhar
pagal ḳhud ko daata samjhe sapnon ke sansaron men
vo chandr-kiran vo rup-mati vo meri kavita meri ghazal
mele men kuchh aise bichhḌi Duub ga.i andhiyaron men
chhalki chhalki ankhen chhupa.e honTon par muskan saja.e
tum jaisa dukhiyara na dekha ‘ishrat’ ji dukhiyaron men
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