ret par ek nishan hai shayad 
ye hamara makan hai shayad 
shor ke bich so rahi hai zamin 
muddaton ki thakan hai shayad 
dard ka ishtihaar chaspan hai 
zindagi ki dukan hai shayad 
tanha tanha nikal paDe panchhi 
ahd-e-nau ki uDan hai shayad 
aql kahti hai mar chuka rishta 
shauq kahta hai jaan hai shayad 
wo jahan par pighal rahi hai dhup 
han wahin saeban hai shayad 
aaj wo muskura ke milte hain 
aaj phir imtihan hai shayad
 
        Ghazal
Rit par ek nishan hai shayad
Muzaffar Abdali

