ek khula maidan tamasha-gah ke us par hai
jis mein har raqqas ka ek aaina tayyar hai
ret ke zariye hamari manzilen aur un ki hum
pas yahan samt-e-safar ka jaanna be-kar hai
raat aur tufan-e-abr-o-baad mere har taraf
dur lau deti hui ek mashal-e-ruKHsar hai
phir kabhi uTThe to mil lenge na itne dukh uTha
maut se hota hua ek rasta hamwar hai
is tarah bab-e-nasihat khol kar baiThe hain log
jaise KHair o shar ka duniya mein koi mear hai
lahr wo aai ki hum hain aur nasheb-e-gumrahi
gham ke aage band ab ke bandhna dushwar hai
silsila aawaz ka dekho ki KHoshe sarsarae
phir khanak hai dhat ki phir sanp ki phunkar hai
Ghazal
Ek khula maidan tamasha-gah ke us par hai
Mohammad Izhar ul Haq