dum-dar nazm

hum kahen ya na kahen
roz-e-raushan ki tarah
dum ka afsana farozan hi raha hai ab tak
kulbulati hui simab sifat aur subuk-rau wo dum


kisi shair ke takhayyul ki tarah banki si
khub sajti hai sag-e-laila par
hae afsos wo dum
jo ki nalki mein rahi qaid pareshan-o-zubun barah baras


phir bhi nikli to wo tedhi nikli
kisi mahbub ke abru-e-khamida ki tarah
kisi shahnaz ke gesu-e-burida ki tarah
but-e-tannaz ke ausaf-e-hamida ki tarah


apne markaz ki taraf mail-e-parwaz hai dum
dekh kar dum ki wo simab-sifat banki ada
shair-e-waqt machal jata hai
aur pahron wo khalaon mein kahin


ek begana tasawwur ki tarah aawara
saikdon husn-o-mohabbat ke hasin naghmon ko
kat kar chhant ke mehnat se banata hai sada
hu-ba-hu dum ki tarah


aur dum jab mere aasab pe chha jati hai
hosh ud jate hain afkar badal jate hain
saikdon tarah ke hanste hue dum-dar khayal
phir pareshan mujhe karte hain


main tadap jata hun
be-sakhta kah uthta hun
teri jumbish se numayan hai zamin ki jumbish
ai dum


aalam-e-ghaiz mein dum jab bhi khadi hoti hai
kya qayamat ki ghadi hoti hai
kanp jata hai jahan
hosh rustam ke bhi ud jate hain


chaar jaanib se sada aati hai ai dum ai dum
ab to nichi ho ja
aur duniya-e-mohabbat pe kar ehsan ai dum
yani mahbub ke pichhe lag ja


taki dum-dar ye sadiyon ka sitamgar ho jae
aur bhage jo chhuda kar kabhi apna daman
dum se pakda jae