Akhtar Ansari
sada kuchh aisi mire gosh-e-dil men aati hai
koi bina-e-kuhan jaise laḌkhaḌati hai
racha hua hai fazaon men ek athah hiras
dimagh shal hai magar ruuh sansanati hai
mujhe yaqin hai andhi koi uThi hai kahin
ki lau charagh-e-shabistan ki thartharati hai
umiid yaas ke gahre ḳhamosh jangal men
hava-e-sham ki manind sarsarati hai
saval hai gham-e-hasti ke biit jaane ka
ye zindagi to bahar-hal biit jaati hai
ḳhayal-e-umr-e-guzishta zara tavaqquf kar
zamin qadmon ke niche se nikli jaati hai
main apni aag men jal kar kabhi ka ḳhaak hua
ye zindagi mujhe kya ḳhaak men milati hai
nishana-baz falak tere navakon ki ḳhair
ki jin ki zad pe mire hauslon ki chhati hai
lachak hi jaati hai shaḳh apne ashiyan ki bhi
chaman men gaati hui jab bahar aati hai
fughan-e-dard labon par na aaiyo zinhar
miri saliqa-shi.ari pe baat aati hai
idhar ye girya-e-abr aur udhar vo ḳhanda-e-barq
mizaj-e-dahr mire dost tanziyati hai
rahin-e-rasm-o-rivayat ho jis ki but-shikani
vo but-shikan bhi haqiqat men somnati hai
bapa hai shor-e-qayamat dimagh men ‘aḳhtar’
zaban-e-ḳhama magar zamzame luTati hai
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