Ham-sai

qayamat ban ke TuTi wo kabhi ban kar azab aai
bala-e-na-gahani se nahin kam meri ham-sai

wo qainchi ki tarah apni zaban jis dam chalati hai
wo KHud-sar ek pal mein sara ghar sar par uThati hai

zaban ke sath angusht-e-shahadat bhi nachati hai
mujhe jo baat bhi ho yaad fauran bhul jati hai

ye sach hai us ke aage chal nahin sakti zaban meri
nahin minnat-kash-e-tab-e-shunidan dastan meri

mere ghar ka to chaupaT sara karobar hai us se
mohalla dard-e-sar ka mustaqil bimar hai us se

faqat ek main nahin sari gali be-zar hai us se
jise dekho shikar-e-ranjish-e-azar hai us se

nirali waza hai sare zamane se nirali hai
wo zalim kaun si basti ki ya-rab rahne wali hai

yahan tak silsila pahuncha hai us ki kam-bayani ka
wo nau bachchon ki man hai phir bhi dawa hai jawani ka

wasila hai yahi ehsas us ki shadmani ka
bahut kamzor pahlu hai ye us ki zindagani ka

bua kah kar pukare jo use sau-sau sunati hai
wo is pirana-sali mein bhi baji kahlawati hai

gila KHwesh-o-aqarib ka hai unwan-e-soKHan us ka
KHusur ki sas ki nandon ki ghibat hai chalan us ka

zaban talwar hai us ki dhamaka hai dahan us ka
na kyun ho sab mohalle par musallat makr-o-fan us ka

laDai mein na kaam aati hain taqriren na takraren
ki us ki ek aahaT se laraz jati hain diwaren

mere ghar mein wo jab aai ba-waqt-e-KHurd-o-nosh aai
takalluf hi rawa rakkha na jhijki aur na sharmai

uDa kar le gai jhaT se mere hisse ki baalai
ye us ki be-hijabi ki hai adna kar-farmai

wo din mere liye yaum-e-musibat ban ke aaya hai
meri ammi ne jab us kalamoi ko munh lagaya tha

maza jata raha jine ka ham-sai mili achchhi
agar guzre to guzre kis tarah ab zindagi achchhi

na us ki dushmani achchhi na us ki dosti achchhi
kisi ke waste us ki nahin ham-saegi achchhi

muqaddar ne bhala hum se mazaq aaKHir kiya kya hai
KHuda-ya jis KHata ki ye saza hai wo KHata kya hai