Women Poets

kab tak phirna gharon aur guphaon men aao vapas laut chalen ab gaanv men sahra men ik ret-mahal taamir karen

kaisa khazana ye to zad-e-safar nahin rakhti khana-ba-dosh mohabbat koi ghar nahin rakhti yadon ke bistar par teri khushbu kadhun

khushbu sandal aur na gahna dukh dega ik jaisa dukh sahte rahna dukh dega Darti kyuun hai ankhen teri achchhi

main apne azaab likh rahi thi zakhmon ka hisab likh rahi thi phulon ki zaban ki shaera thi kanton se

main phuul phuul safar kar rahi thi khvabon ka phuvar laai thi tohfa nae gulabon ka mile to qurb ka

purane mohalle ka sunsan angan mujhe pa ke tha kitna hairan angan ye tahzib ko paanv chalna sikhaen samete hain

shahr par raat ka shabab utre mujh pe tanhai ka azaab utre ankhen barsen to tuut kar barsen dhuup utre

titliyan khushbuen rang sab kha gai ik bala jang sab khidkiyan chand mukhde hansi chhut gae kitne farsang sab khvab

tum se bhi batchit ho dil se bhi guftugu rahe khvab o khabar ka silsila yunhi kabhu kabhu rahe dard

vahshat si vahshat hoti hai zinda huun hairat hoti hai jal bujhne valon se puchho gham ki kya hiddat hoti