Kundan

kundan saTh baras ka buDha chhoTe qadam uThata hai

subh sawere dhire dhire pul par baiThne aata hai

daen baen us ki nigahen dauDti hain kuchh DhunDhti hain

tis baras pahle ka zamana aankhon mein phir jata hai

bite dinon ka tasawwur dil ke dukh ko aur baDhata hai

duniya ek din us ki thi ye duniya aaKHir kis ki hui

kundan chalte chalte baiThe baiThe bhi thak jata hai

jaise use qurb-e-manzil se Dar lagta ho KHauf aata hai

kundan dhire chalta hai aur tezi se ghabraata hai

bachchon ki chusti chaalaki par aksar jhunjhlata hai

ek musibat ek qayamat nae zamane ki aulad

agle waqt ki azmat aur sharafat kar Dali barbaad

aksar agle waqt ki baaten hans hans ke dohraata hai

us ki kamar ka KHam aksar is mauqe par tan jata hai

jab koi school ko jati phul si shoala-gun laDki

dekhta hai bol uThta hai ye kaisa zamana aaya hai

rang-rup ke bechne wali ka sa swang rachaya hai

achchha ishwar teri marzi!! ye bhi musibat sahna thi

shukr hai agle waqton ki beTi ke aise Dhang na the

laj hi us ka jauban thi aur laj hi us ka gahna thi

lekin doshiza ke sarapa mein kundan kho jata hai

kundan subh-sawere nahr ke pul par baiThne aata hai

aksar agle waqt ki baaten hans hans ke dohraata hai

us ki kamar ka KHam aksar is mauqe par tan jata hai

kitni KHush-uslubi se apni KHiffat ko chhupata hai