kal aur aaj BY Aale Ahmed Saroor

vo bhii kyaa log the aasaan thii raahen jin kii
band aaNkhen kiye ik simt chale jaate the
aql-o-dil Khvaab-o-haqiiqat kii na uljhan na Khalish
muKhtalif jalve nigaaho.n ko na bahalaate the

ishq saadaa bhii thaa beKhud bhii junuuN_peshaa bhii
husn ko apanii adaaon pe hijaab aataa thaa
phuul khilate the to phuulon mein nashaa hotaa thaa
raat Dhalatii thii to shiishon pe shabaab aataa thaa

chaaNdanii kaif_asar ruuh_afzaa hotii thii
abr aataa thaa to bad_mast bhii ho jaate the
din mein shorish bhii huaa karatii thii hangaame bhii
raat kii god mein muuNh DhaaNp ke so jaate the

narm rau vaqt ke dhaare pe safiine the ravaaN
saahil-o-bahr ke aa_iin na badalate the kabhii
naaKhudaaon pe bharosaa thaa muqaddar pe yaqiin
chaadar-e-aab se tuufaan na ubalate the kabhii

ham ke tuufaanon ke paale bhii sataaye bhii hain
barq-o-baaraaN mein vo hii shamen jalaayen kaise
ye jo aatish_kadaa duniyaa mein bhaDak uTThaa hai
aaNsuon se use har baar bujhaayen kaise

kar diyaa barq-o-buKhaaraat ne mahashar barpaa
apane daftar mein litaafat ke sivaa kuchh bhii nahiin
ghir gaye vaqt kii beraham kashaakash me.n magar
paas tahaziib kii daulat ke sivaa kuchh bhii nahiin

ye andheraa ye talaatum ye havaaon kaa Kharosh
is mein taaron kii subuk narm ziyaa kyaa karatii
talKhii-e-ziist se kaDavaa huaa aashiq kaa mizaaj
nigaah-e-yaar kii maasuum adaa kyaa karatii

safar aasaan thaa to manzil bhii baDii raushan thii
aaj kis darjaa pur_asaraar hain raahen apanii
kitanii parachhaa_iyaaN aatii hain tajallii ban kar
kitane jalvon se ulajhatii hain nigaahe.n apanii


BY Aale Ahmed Saroor
 
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