karb ke shahar se nikale to ye manzar dekhaa
ham ko logon ne bulaayaa hamen chhuu kar dekhaa
jab bhii chaahaa hai ki malabuus-e-vafaa ko chhuu len
misl Khushbuu ko_ii uDataa huaa paikar dekhaa
vo barasaat mein bhiigaa to nigaahen uTThiin
yon lagaa hai ko_ii tarshaa huaa patthar dekhaa
zindagii kitanii pareshaa.N hai ye sochaa bhii na thaa
is ke ataraaf mein sholon kaa samandar dekhaa
aa ga_ii Gam kii havaa phir tere gesuu chhuukar
hamane viiraanaa-e-dil phir se mu'attar dekhaa
vo jo uDatii hai sadaa dasht-e-vafaa mein "Afzal"
usii miTTii mein nihaaN dard kaa gauhar dekhaa
ham ko logon ne bulaayaa hamen chhuu kar dekhaa
jab bhii chaahaa hai ki malabuus-e-vafaa ko chhuu len
misl Khushbuu ko_ii uDataa huaa paikar dekhaa
vo barasaat mein bhiigaa to nigaahen uTThiin
yon lagaa hai ko_ii tarshaa huaa patthar dekhaa
zindagii kitanii pareshaa.N hai ye sochaa bhii na thaa
is ke ataraaf mein sholon kaa samandar dekhaa
aa ga_ii Gam kii havaa phir tere gesuu chhuukar
hamane viiraanaa-e-dil phir se mu'attar dekhaa
vo jo uDatii hai sadaa dasht-e-vafaa mein "Afzal"
usii miTTii mein nihaaN dard kaa gauhar dekhaa
