Nai Subh

Kaifi Azmi

ye sehhat-bakhsh tadka ye sahar ki jalva-samani

ufuq saara bana jaata hai daman-e-chaman jaise

chhalakti raushni tarikiyon pe chhai jaati hai

udaae naziyat ki laash par koi kafan jaise

ubalti surkhiyon ki zad pe hain halqe siyahi ke

padi ho aag men bikhri ghulami ki rasan jaise

shafaq ki chadaren rangin faza men thartharati hain

udaae laal jhanda ishtiraki anjuman jaise

chali aati hai sharmai lajai hur-e-bedari

bhare ghar men qadam tham tham ke rakhti hai dulhan jaise

faza gunji hui hai subh ke taaza taranon se

surud-e-fath par hain surkh faujen naghma-zan jaise

hava ki narm lahren gudgudati hain umangon ko

javan jazbat se karta ho chuhlen bankpan jaise

ye saada saada gardun pe tabassum-afrin suraj

pai-dar-pai kamyabi se ho stalin magan jaise

sahar ke aaine men dekhta huun husn-e-mustaqbil

utar aai hai chashm-e-shauq men ‘kaifi’ kiran jaise