Be-aman

yahi waqt tha

han yahi waqt tha

balki tariKH bhi to yahi thi

jab ek mehrban hath ne

jaane kya soch kar bas achanak

meri ruh ko thapthapaya

mere dil ko thama

ajab ek waraftagi se

aur kuchh pur-fusun aagahi se

mere sin-rasida

dil-o-jaan ko us ne

hayat-afrin lams se bhar diya

apni nazron mein KHud mo'atabar kar diya

sochta hun anokhi thin wo saaten kis qadar

kya ajab meri aql-o-KHirad par asar tha

zamanon jahanon se main be-KHabar tha

sitare zamin aasman kahkashan sab mere panw ki dhul the

hawa bhi ki jis samt chalti mere hukm se

aur KHushbu ki pahlu badalti mere hukm se

main ki masruf tha roz-o-shab baadalon ke safar mein

main dil tha nazar tha hawa tha KHuda tha kisi ki nazar mein

ki be-misl yakta yagana tha main apne har ek hunar mein

meri tabnaki mera nur-e-kaamil tha shams-o-qamar mein

magar ek din phir achanak

ajab saneha ho gaya

aur jaise mera baKHt hi so gaya

iKHtiyar-o-tafaKHur ka wo silsila kho gaya

ab to bas main hun aur matam-e-arzu

zindagi kuchh nahin ma-siwa ha-o-hu

dam-ba-dam dam-ba-dam haarti justuju

ek aawaz aise mein aati hui

dil ki himmat dobara bandhati hui

kah rahi hai musalsal ki ye KHwab hai

KHauf hai wahm hai sehr hai

is ko hargiz haqiqat na jaan

aur main zindagi maut ke darmiyan

ta-ba-hadd-e-karan be-aman be-aman be-aman