KHwabon ki ek bhiD lagi hai jism bechaara nind mein hai
aadha chehra nind se bahar aadha chehra nind mein hai
ek ijlas tha diwanon ka jis ki ye rudad bani!
sadiyon se bimar hai duniya aur masiha nind mein hai
aahan-paikar aawazon par hum ne jinhen tasKHir kiya
sote sote chaunk uThte hain aisa dhaDka nind mein hai
haft-aflak ne dastak de kar puchha tha kis haal mein ho
ek darwesh ne baDh ke sada di ye sayyara nind mein hai
pal bhar mein shoala bhaDkega shahr khanDar ho jaenge
jalti shamen hath mein le kar ruh-e-zamana nind mein hai
jag rahi hai ruh-e-ahan KHwab mein hai insan ka zamir
bedari ki sau lahren hain phir bhi ye duniya nind mein hai
uTThega aur lamha-bhar mein hashr bapa ho jaega
har lamha aisa lagta hai koi fitna nind mein hai
shahr-panah ki diwaron par ek duzdana aahaT hai
aur main us ko dekh raha hun shahr to sara nind mein hai
Ghazal
KHwabon ki ek bhiD lagi hai jism bechaara nind mein hai
Razi Akhtar Shauq