Taqaza

phir raat ki tarik adaen hain musallat

phir subh ke hathon se hina chhuT rahi hai

jo haar tere waste gundha tha kisi ne

us haar ki ek ek laDi TuT rahi hai

jo saz kabhi waqif-e-asrar-e-junun tha

us saz ki rag rag se lahu phuT raha hai

kya hosh tujhe saqi-e-mai-KHana-e-duniya

wo kaun sa saghar hai jo ab TuT raha hai

taqdir ko rote hain siyah-baKHt sitare

aafaq pe zulmat ne phenki hain kamanden

khulta hi nahin ab dar-e-jaanan ye suna hai

diwane kahan jaen kahan raat guzaren

KHunrez haqaeq ki ghani chhanw mein ab tak

doshiza-e-afkar ki zulfen hain pareshan

ab tak hain wahi maqtal-o-zanjir-o-salasil

ab tak kaf-e-qatil mein wahi maut ke saman

ab tak na bujhe dast-e-taghayyur ki ada se

taswir-e-gulistan ko jhulaste hue shoale

ab tak na haTe apne siyahkar sitam se

tafriq ke farzand hawasnak luTere

is aalam-e-zulmat ki pur-haul faza mein

hum apni mohabbat ka lahu bech rahe hain

hum jin ko banate rahe gulshan ka nigahban

ab tak wo rag-e-gul se lahu khinch rahe hain

phir aalam-e-zulmat mein roti hai zuleKHa

kya jaaniye kis bhes mein KHurshid-e-sahar hai

phir apne muqaddar pe wahi raat ke pahre

phir jaanib-e-maqtal wahi qatil ki nazar hai

phir hum se taqaza hai teri shoKH-nazar ka

tariki-e-haalat ki buniyaad hila den

jin se na kabhi subh ki kirnon ka guzar ho

un tir-o-tarik gharondon ko gira den