ek khwaab aur

ek khwaab aur

khwaab ab Husn-e-tasavvur ke ufaq se haiN pare

dil ke ek jazbaa-e-ma’suum ne dekhe the jo khawaab

aur ta’beeroN ke tapte hue sehraaoN meN

tashnagii aabla-paa, sh’ola-bakaf mauj-e-saraab

ye tau mumkin nahiin bachpan ka ko’ii din mil jaaye

yaa palat aaye ko’ii sa’aat-e-naayaab-e-shabaab

phuuT nikle kisii afsurdah tabassum se kiran

yaa damak uTThe kisii dast-e-buriidah meN gulaab

aah ! patthar kii lakiireN haiN ke yaadoN ke nuquush

kaun likh saktaa hai phir umr-e-guzishtaa kii kitaab

beete lamHaat ke soye hue tuufaanoN meN

tairte phirte haiN phuuTii huii aaNkhoN ke Habaab

taabish rang-e-shafaq, aatish ruu-e-Khurshiid

mal ke cHehre pe saHar aayii hai KhuuN aHbaab

jaane kis moR pe, kis raaH meN kyaa beetii hai

kis se mumkin hai tamannaoN ke zakhmoN ka Hisaab

aastiinoN ko pukaareNge kahaaN tak aaNsuuN

ab tau daaman ko pakaRte haiN lahuu ke gardaab

dekhtii phirtii hai ek ek ka munh khaamoshii

jaane kyaa baat hai sharmindah hai andaaz-e-Khitaab

dar-ba-dar thokareN khaate huve phirte haiN savaal

aur mujrim ki tarah unse gurezaaN haiN javaab

sarkashii, phir maiN tujhe aaj sadaa detaa huN

maiN teraa shaa’iir-e-aawaaraa-o-be-baak-o-Kharaab

pheNk phir jazbaa-e-betaab ki aalam pe kamand

ek khwaab aur ai himmat-e-dushwaar pasand