hujum hai
ki aag ke pahaD se gira hua alaw hai
koi nahin jo kah sake
ki ek pal ko Thahr kar batao to
kahan chale ho, kis taraf
hujum kya hai
be-shumar muntashir akele-pan ki bhiD hai
jo aap apni aahaTon ke Dar se laDkhaDa gai
ghubar-e-naqsh-e-pa uTha
to jam gaya ghilaf-e-chashm-o-gosh par
ye qafila bhaTak raha hai manzilon ko rakh ke apne dosh par
nahin kisi ko hosh, par
koi to ho jo kah sake
ki aazmin-e-be-jihat!
na manzilen na raste
to phir ghubar ban ke uD rahe ho kis ke waste
kisi ne kah diya to kya
nasheb mein to tez-tar hujum ka bahaw hai
pahaD ke dabaw se nasheb mein kaTaw hai
kaTaw ke safar mein kab kahan koi paDaw hai
azab-e-mushtail mein ab na nuh hai na naw hai
pata hai?
nahin faqat alaw hai
aur aag ke pahaD se gira hua alaw hai
Nazm
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Syed Mubarak Shah