Ulti Har Ek Rasm-E-Jahan-E-Shuur Hai

Ismail Merathi

ulti har ek rasm-e-jahan-e-shuur hai

sidhi si ik ghazal mujhe likhni zarur hai

vahdat men e’tibar-e-hudus-o-qidam nahin

tha jo butun men ye vahi to zuhur hai

tarik vahi hai jis ne kiya kal ko ikhtiyar

yaani haris-tar hai vahi jo subur hai

mutlaq yagangi hai to nazdik-o-dur kya

pahuncha hai jo qarib vahi duur duur hai

asl-e-hayat hai yahi kahte hain jis ko maut

jiine ki aarzu hai to marna zarur hai

iqrar-e-bandagi hai khudai ka iddaa

ijz-o-niyaz kya hai kamal-e-ghurur hai

ummid kijiye agar ummid kuchh nahin

gham khaiye bahut jo khayal-e-surur hai

zulf-e-siyah se rukh-e-taban ka husn hai

kahte ho jis ko dev haqiqat men huur hai

be-maasiyat khazana-e-rahmat hai raegan

sach puchhiye to jurm na karna qusur hai

izhar-e-jan-e-pak hai jism-e-kasif se

be-pardagi hijab hai zulmat hi nuur hai

bilittifaq hasti-e-vahmi hai niyyati

hushiyar hai jo nashsha-e-ghaflat men chuur hai

aala tha jis ka rutba vo asfal men hai asiir

saff-e-naal moqif-e-sadrussudur hai

hai raah ki talash to kar gumrahi talab

aaqil vahi hai aql men jis ki futur hai

bedari-e-vajud hai khvab-e-adam men gharq

lab band ho gae yahi shor-e-nushur hai

har chand shaghl-e-sher nahin aj-kal zarur

nazrana piir ji ke liye kuchh zarur hai