Kohre Ka Khet

wo sard raat jabki safar kar raha tha main

ranginiyon se zarf-e-nazar bhar raha tha main

tezi se jangalon mein uDi ja rahi thi rail

KHwabida kaenat ko chaunka rahi thi rail

muDti uchhalti kanpti chinghaDti hui

kohre ki wo dabiz rida phaDti hui

pahiyon ki gardishon mein machalti thi ragni

aahan se aag ban ke nikalti thi ragni

pahunchi jidhar zamin ka kaleja hila diya

daman mein tirgi ke gareban bana diya

jhonke hawa ke barf bichhate the rah mein

jalwe sama rahe the laraz kar nigah mein

dhoke se chhu gain jo kahin sard ungliyan

bichchhu sa Dank marne lagti thin khiDkiyan

pichhle pahar ka narm dhundlaka tha pur-fishan

mayusiyon mein jaise umidon ka karwan

be-nur ho ke Dubne wala tha mahtab

kohre mein khup gai thi sitaron ki aab-o-tab

qabze se tirgi ke sahar chhuTne ko thi

mashriq ke hashiye mein kiran phuTne ko thi

kohre mein tha Dhake hue baghon ka ye saman

jis tarah zer-e-ab jhalakti hon bastiyan

bhigi hui zamin thi nami si faza mein thi

ek kisht-e-barf thi ki muallaq hawa mein thi

jadu ke farsh sehr ke sab saqf-o-baam the

dosh-e-hawa pe pariyon ke simin KHiyam the

thi ThanDe ThanDe nur mein khoi hui nigah

Dhal kar faza mein aai thi huron ki KHwab-gah

ban ban ke phen su-e-falak dekhta hua

dariya chala tha chhoD ke daman zamin ka

is shabnami dhundalke mein bagule the yun rawan

maujon pe mast ho ke chalen jaise machhliyan

Dala kabhi fazaon mein KHat kho gae kabhi

jhalke kabhi ufuq mein nihan ho gae kabhi

engine se uD ke kanpta phirta tha yun dhuan

leta tha lahr khet mein kohre ke aasman

us waqt kya tha ruh pe sadma na puchhiye

yaad aa raha tha kis se bichhaDna na puchhiye

dil mein kuchh aise ghaw the tir-e-malal ke

ro ro diya tha khiDki se gardan nikal ke