aurat

badhati hun qadam
fauran hi pichhe khinch leti hun
ye andesha mujhe aage kabhi badhne nahin deta
na-jaane log kya sochen


na-jaane log kya bolen
isi ek khauf ke ghere mein jiti aur marti hun
magar kab tak
tashakhkhus ke liye apni zaruri ho gaya hai ab


uthun aur kat dun ek ek kar ke bediyan sari
baghawat kar dun duniya ki
sabhi farsuda rasmon se
har ek dastur-e-beja se


khuda ne jab kisi se mera rutba kam nahin rakkha
to kis ne haq diya un ko
mujhe zanjir pahnaen
zaban kholun jo apne waste tala laga jaen


mujhe malum hai meri muqarrar had kahan tak hai
mujhe hai pas apni hurmat-o-qadr-o-riwayat ka
wafa namus-o-iffat ka sharafat aur azmat ka
ki ye aqdar mere panw ki bedi nahin hargiz


inhin aqdar ke hamrah mujh ko aage badhna hai
mila hai haq mujhe bhi
waqt ke hamrah chalne ka
khud apne khwab bunne ka


inhen tabir dene ka
ye duniya mere hathon se qalam jo chhin leti hai
hamesha chulhe-chauke tak hi bas mahdud rakhti hai
ise shayad yahi khadsha satata rahta hai har-dam


meri ye aagahi mujh ko nai pahchan de degi