qadam-e-KHush-badanan shoabda-gar hai ki nahin
ye zamin-lala-ruKH-o-kisht-e-guhar hai ki nahin
dekhiye rang-e-hina ru-e-shafaq josh-e-bahaar
tair-e-KHwab to hai tab-e-safar hai ki nahin
be-sabab main nahin tasir-e-nazar ka qail
zaKHm ghuncha-sifat-o-shaKH-e-samar hai ki nahin
teri aawaz kalid-e-chamanastin hai magar
sina-e-nai mein gudaz-e-gul-e-tar hai ki nahin
dekhne jaun qad-o-ariz-o-gesu-e-sanam
sochta hun ki koi rah-o-mafar hai ki nahin
sar paTakti hui ek mauj ne dariya se kaha
aab-e-asuda-e-dariya mera ghar hai ki nahin
zor-e-amwaj-e-talatum se hai dariya dariya
harf-e-be-sud ki dariya mein guhar hai ki nahin
Ghazal
Qadam-e-KHush-badanan shoabda-gar hai ki nahin
Syed Amin Ashraf

