Kaifi Azmi
vo sard raat jabki safar kar raha tha main
ranginiyon se zarf-e-nazar bhar raha tha main
tezi se jangalon men udi ja rahi thi rail
khvabida kaenat ko chaunka rahi thi rail
mudti uchhalti kanpti chinghadti hui
kohre ki vo dabiz rida phadti hui
pahiyon ki gardishon men machalti thi ragni
aahan se aag ban ke nikalti thi ragni
pahunchi jidhar zamin ka kaleja hila diya
daman men tirgi ke gareban bana diya
jhonke hava ke barf bichhate the raah men
jalve sama rahe the laraz kar nigah men
dhoke se chhu gaiin jo kahin sard ungliyan
bichchhu sa dank marne lagti thiin khidkiyan
pichhle pahar ka narm dhundlaka tha pur-fishan
mayusiyon men jaise umidon ka karvan
be-nur ho ke dubne vaala tha mahtab
kohre men khup gai thi sitaron ki ab-o-tab
qabze se tirgi ke sahar chhutne ko thi
mashriq ke hashiye men kiran phutne ko thi
kohre men tha dhake hue baghon ka ye saman
jis tarah zer-e-ab jhalakti hon bastiyan
bhigi hui zamin thi nami si faza men thi
ik kisht-e-barf thi ki muallaq hava men thi
jaadu ke farsh sehr ke sab saqf-o-bam the
dosh-e-hava pe pariyon ke simin khiyam the
thi thande thande nuur men khoi hui nigah
dhal kar faza men aai thi huron ki khvab-gah
ban ban ke phen su-e-falak dekhta hua
dariya chala tha chhod ke daman zamin ka
is shabnami dhundalke men bagule the yuun ravan
maujon pe mast ho ke chalen jaise machhliyan
daala kabhi fazaon men khat kho gae kabhi
jhalke kabhi ufuq men nihan ho gae kabhi
engine se ud ke kanpta phirta tha yuun dhuan
leta tha lahr khet men kohre ke asman
us vaqt kya tha ruuh pe sadma na puchhiye
yaad aa raha tha kis se bichhadna na puchhiye
dil men kuchh aise ghaav the tir-e-malal ke
ro ro diya tha khidki se gardan nikal ke
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