rafta rafta lag chuke the hum bhi diwaron ke sath 
hashr apna bhi yahi tha hum bhi the saron ke sath 
ek halchal si machi rahti hai dil mein har ghaDi 
sath hain pyare hamare hum nahin pyaron ke sath 
lag gai thi maut ki apni bhi chhoTi si KHabar 
aaKHir apna bhi talluq tha in aKHbaron ke sath 
aa rahi hai un ki KHu bu apne andar bhi kahin 
hain reaya hi magar rahte hain sardaron ke sath 
farz kuchh pagDi bachana bhi hai lekin ek din 
dekhna sar bhi chale aaenge dastaron ke sath 
dur se to farq hi koi nazar aata nahin 
is tarah rul mil gae hain phul angaron ke sath 
ho gai hai shakl hi tabdil darbaron ki ab 
warna hum bhi kam nahin wabasta darbaron ke sath 
paD gae the raegan pahchan ke chakkar mein hum 
apni marzi se jo hum uDte nahin Daron ke sath 
be-talluq bhi hai wo hum ne bhi hai ab tak 'zafar' 
rabta joDa hua TuTe hue taron ke sath
        Ghazal
Rafta rafta lag chuke the hum bhi diwaron ke sath
Zafar Iqbal

