Kachhwa Aur KHargosh

ek kachhwe ke aa gai ji mein

kijiye sair o gasht KHushki ki

ja raha tha chala hua KHamosh

us se nahaq ulajh paDa KHargosh

miyan kachhwe! tumhaari chaal hai ye

ya koi shamat aur wabaal hai ye

yun qadam phunk phunk dharte ho

goya uttu zamin pe dharte ho

kyun hue chal ke muft mein bad-nam

be-chale kya aTak raha tha kaam

tum ko ye hausla na karna tha

chullu pani mein Dub marna tha

ye tan-o-tosh aur ye raftar

aisi raftar par KHuda ki mar

bola kachhwa ki hon KHafa na huzur

main to hun aap mo'tarif ba-qusur

agar aahistagi hai jurm-o-gunah

to main KHud apne jurm ka hun gawah

mujh ko jo saKHt sust farmaya

aap ne sab durust farmaya

mujh ko ghafil magar na jaaniyega

banda-parwar bura na maniyega

yun zabani jawab to kya dun

shart bad kar chalo to dikhla dun

tum to ho aaftab mein zarra

par miTa dunga aap ka ghurra

sun ke KHargosh ne ye talKH jawab

kaha kachhwe se yun zi-ru-e-itab

tu kare meri ham-sari ka KHayal

teri ye tab ye sakat ye majal

chyunTi ke jo par nikal aae

to yaqin hai ki ab ajal aae

are bebak! bad-zaban munh-phaT

tu ne dekhi kahan hai dauD jhapaT

jab main tezi se jast karta hun

shahsawaron ko past karta hun

gard ko meri baad-e-pa na lage

lakh dauDe mera pata na lage

rail hun barq hun chhalawa hun

main chhalawe ka balki bawa hun

teri meri nibhegi sohbat kya

aasman ko zamin se nisbat kya

jis ne bhugte hon turki o tazi

aaise mariyal se kya bade bazi

baat ko ab ziyaada kya dun tul

KHair karta hun teri shart qubul

hai munasib ki imtihan ho jae

taki aib o hunar ayan ho jae

al-gharaz ek maqam Thahra kar

hue donon harif garm-e-safar

bas-ki zoron pe tha chaDha KHargosh

tezi phurti se yun baDha KHargosh

jis tarah jae top ka gola

ya gire aasaman se ola

ek do khet chaukDi bhar ke

apni chusti pe aafrin kar ke

kisi goshe mein so gaya ja kar

fikr kya hai chalenge susta kar

aur kachhwa gharib aahista

chala sine ko KHak par ghista

sui ghanTe ki jaise chalti hai

ya ba-tadrij chhanw Dhalti hai

yunhi chalta raha ba-istiqlal

na kiya kuchh idhar udhar ka KHayal

kaam karta raha jo pai-dar-pai

kar gaya rafta rafta manzil tai

haif KHargosh rah gaya sota

samra ghaflat ka aur kya hota

jab khuli aankh to sawera tha

saKHt sharmindagi ne ghera tha

sabr o mohabbat mein hai sar-afraazi

sust kachhwe ne jit li bazi

nahin qissa ye dil-lagi ke liye

balki ibrat hai aadmi ke liye

hai suKHan is hijab mein ru-posh

warna kachhwa kahan kahan KHargosh