Raushni ke minar

do samundar jahan aapas mein mila karte hain
main ne kitne sahar o sham guzare hain wahan

main ne dekhi hai nikalte hue suraj ki kiran
aur kal hote hue din ki shafaq dekhi hai

main ne maujon ke talatum mein guhar DhunDe hain
aur pae hain KHazaf reze bhi

jal pani se jab ek bar nikala main ne
ek ghaDa ret bhara hath aaya

sabt thi mohr-e-sulaiman jis par
aur khola to dhuen ka baadal

peT se us ke numudar hua
aadmi ke liye ye behtar hai

ki muqaffal hi rahen kuchh chizen
ye fazaen ye sitare ye falak

waqt-e-gardan ki musalsal Tik Tik
jaanwar kiDe makoDe hashraat

machhliyan aur tuyur
aur insan jo pahle din se

aaKHiri roz talak
maut ki samt chala karta hai

justuju par mujhe uksate hain
aah lekin ye talash

kar gai aur bhi hairan mujh ko
kyun wo kashti hui suraKH-zada

jis mein hum raat ko par utre the
rah chalte hue muDbheD hui thi jis se

kis KHata par wo jawan qatl hua
kitne be-bahra the tahzib se is shahr ke log

jin ko aate na the mehman-nawazi ke tariq
phir bhala kis liye un ki KHatir

hum ne girti hui diwar ko tamir kiya
raaz par raaz chhupa rakkhe hain ek buDhe ne

aur hum hain ki phira karte hain
har larazte hue sae ka taaqub karte

shama ki lau jise har aan badal deti hai
do samundar ka jahan sangam hai

main ba-dastur khaDa rahta hun
dekhta hun kabhi uDte hue zarraat ka raqs

kabhi maujon ko sada deta hun
aur aksar shab-e-tanhai mein baiTha baiTha

un jaziron ko taka karta hun
jin ke jalte hue, bujhte hue minara-e-nur

meri manzil ka pata dete hain