ShanaKHt

shanaKHt us ke nam se thi
jism ki bahaar se

shanaKHt aaftab se thi
zulf-e-abshaar se

shanaKHt pairahan se thi
ghazal-e-nur-bar se

shanaKHt us ke shabnami
fishaar aatishin se thi

zamin-doz aasman-sifat KHumar se
khuli hui thi dur dur tak

tabassumon ki surKH dhup
tez raushni

tamam shafqaton ki narm chandni
malaik-o-nujum

aaj sare be-murad ho gae
shanaKHten ujaD gain

sulagte baam-o-dar ke darmiyan
shumar ho rahe hain soKHta burida jism

reza reza kuchh makan
wo be-shanaKHt ho gai

wo KHwab thi
wo ek hasin nam thi

wo nam se bichhaD gai