uThte Hue Tufan Ka Manzar Nahin Dekha

Alamtaab Tishna

uThte hue tufan ka manzar nahin dekha

dekho mujhe gar tum ne samundar nahin dekha

guzra hua lamha tha ki bahta hua dariya

phir meri taraf us ne palaT kar nahin dekha

ik dasht mila kucha-e-janan se nikal kar

ham ne to kabhi ishq ko be-ghar nahin dekha

the sang to betab bahut naqsh-gari ko

ham ne hi unhen aankh uTha kar nahin dekha

ik umr se hai jo miri vahshat ka Thikana

ḳhushiyon ki tarah tu ne bhi vo ghar nahin dekha

nafrat bhi usi se hai parastish bhi usi ki

is dil sa koi ham ne to kafar nahin dekha

ḳhvahish ko yahan hasb-e-zarurat nahin paaya

hasil ko yahan hasab-e-muqaddar nahin dekha

har haal men dekha hai use zabt ka paikar

’tishna’ ko kabhi zarf se bahar nahin dekha