Mujassama

Ahmad Faraz

ai siyah-fam hasina tira uryan paikar

kitni pathrai hui ankhon men ghaltida hai

jaane kis daur-e-alama-nak se le kar ab tak

tu kade vaqt ke zindanon men khvabida hai

tere sab rang hayule ke ye be-jan nuqush

jaise marbut khayalat ke tane-bane

ye tiri sanvli rangat ye pareshan khutut

barha jaise mitaya ho inhen duniya ne

resha-e-sang se khinchi hui zulfen jaise

raste sina-e-kohsar pe bal khate hain

abruon ki jhuki mehrabon men jamid palken

jis tarah tiir kamanon men ulajh jaate hain

munjamid honton pe sannaton ka sangin tilism

jaise nayab khazanon pe kade pahre hon

tund jazbat se bharpur barahna siina

jaise sustane ko tufan zara thahre hon

jaise yunan ke maghrur khuda-vandon ne

regazaran-e-habsh ki kisi shahzadi ko

tishna ruhon ke havasnak taayyush ke liye

hajla-e-sang men paband bana rakkha ho