
Altaf Hussain Hali
koi mahram nahin milta jahan men
mujhe kahna hai kuchh apni zaban men
qafas men ji nahin lagta kisi tarah
laga do aag koi ashiyan men
koi din bul-havas bhi shaad ho len
dhara kya hai isharat-e-nihan men
kahin anjam aa pahuncha vafa ka
ghula jaata huun ab ke imtihan men
naya hai lijiye jab naam us ka
bahut vus.at hai meri dastan men
dil-e-pur-dard se kuchh kaam lunga
agar fursat mili mujh ko jahan men
bahut ji ḳhush hua ‘hali’ se mil kar
abhi kuchh log baaqi hain jahan men

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