Kyun

tum jo qatil na masiha Thahre
na ilaj-e-shab-e-hijran na gham-e-chaaragaran

na koi dushna-e-pinhan
na kahin KHanjar-e-sam-aluda

na qarib-e-rag-e-jaan
tum to us ahd ke insan ho jise

wadi-e-marg mein jine ka hunar aata tha
muddaton pahle bhi jab raKHt-e-safar bandha tha

hath jab dast-e-dua the apne
panw zanjir ke halqon se kaTe jate the

lafz taqsir the
aawaz pe taziren thin

tum ne masum jasarat ki thi
ek tamanna ki ibaadat ki thi

pa barahna the tumhaare
yahi bosida qaba thi tan par

aur yahi surKH lahu ke dhabbe
jinhen tahrir-e-gul-o-lala kaha tha tum ne

har nazzara pe nazzargi-e-jaan tum ko
har gali kucha-e-mahbub nazar aai thi

raat ko zulf se tabir kiya tha tum ne
tum bhala kyun rasan-o-dar tak aa pahunche ho

tum na mansur na isa Thahre