sanwli! to mere pahlu mein hai
lekin teri pyasi aankhen
kabhi diwar ko takti hain
kabhi jaanib-e-dar dekhti hain
mujh se is tarah gurezan jaise
unhen mujh se nahin diwar se kuchh kahna hai
ya ye panchhi hain jinhen
ek hi parwaz mein uD jaana hai
hath nahin aana hai
(ai meri sanwli! in aankhon ke donon panchhi
gar uDe bhi to mere dil ki taraf aaenge)
sanwli! mujh ko teri aankhon ne
wo fasane bhi sunae ki jinhen
kahna chahen to tere honT faqat ji kah kar
aur afsanon ko dohrane lagin
ya tu beganon ki manind mere pas se guzre
to kabhi
meri taraf dekh ke chalna bhi gawara na kare
lekin aankhon mein chamak aa jae
maslahat honT to si le magar in aankhon ko
kaise KHamosh rakhe kaise unhen samjhae
baat karti hai to aankhen nahin milne deti
sanwli Darti hai dil nain jharokon mein na aae
Nazm
An-kahi
Shahzad Ahmad